Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] down [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He seemed to know so much about fighting that I was very surprised when I knocked him down with my first hit , and then again with my second .
2 So I intended to try flying her for the assembly , and carefully got her down to her flying weight .
3 She sobbed and fought and screamed but Martin pinned her down with his new strength .
4 But the eight-time Wimbledon champion lost the first set as the Czechoslovak brought her down with her huge serve and she looked a bag of nerves .
5 These powerful mountain-dwelling Elves leapt among the Naggarothi assassins and chopped them down with their great axes , saving Caledor 's life .
6 He set her down on her good foot .
7 As Travis set her down on her good leg inside the hut she gave herself up to a sense of fatalism .
8 I set her down on her usual perch and slowly walked in a straight line to the far perch , some ninety feet away .
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