Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] she down " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now her husband has tracked her down and obtained a High Court order for the return of his children to America . |
| 2 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 3 | Round the pool they were all having hysterics as Dancer tried to calm her down . |
| 4 | I took her inside the house and tried to calm her down and called the police . |
| 5 | Dean Martin , Sammy Cahn and Tony tried to calm her down while Sinatra reached for his car radio and called for the police and an ambulance . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to lie her down and have a look at her . |
| 7 | He tried to slow her down with gestures which she interpreted as signs of denial , and so she poured it on . |
| 8 | She was the Major 's gundog and had pined so badly when her master died , Blanche had considered putting her down . |
| 9 | Ryan tried to push her down , and get her to fall downstairs the other day . |
| 10 | Still , he 'd be sorry one day that he 'd turned her down . |
| 11 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 12 | Her gaiety and enthusiasm for work was infectious ; nothing seemed to get her down . |
| 13 | He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked . |
| 14 | Took me ages to track her down . |
| 15 | I did n't like to let her down . |
| 16 | For a moment , as he screwed up his face in concentration , she thought her knowledgeable assistant was going to let her down . |
| 17 | He was warning her that he was going to hunt her down … and then … and then … ? |
| 18 | They 'd almost had to turn her down because all their openings for the summer had already been filled . |
| 19 | But I do n't , certainly do n't mind taking her down once a week or twice a week and taking me turn . |
| 20 | Was he going to throw her down ? |
| 21 | I pulled her to the side where Otley dragged her up the bank and began to dust her down as if she were not wet but dirty . |
| 22 | Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor . |
| 23 | Now Stacey , I remember , she used to , this is , must be mentioned within the bunk as well , cos I , for some reason I remember sitting her down on the chair to dress her by the bunk |
| 24 | At thirty-two years of age , Chrissie Stone could take the occasional shock to her system , but this was the fourth time in two weeks that she had slept late , and it was beginning to get her down . |
| 25 | Even her mother 's " Pull yourself together " remarks began to drag her down as she recognised that that was something she could not do . |
| 26 | They might have tracked her down . ’ |
| 27 | If we could have beamed her down like in Star Trek , it would have been all right , but she just could n't cope with getting on a plane or a boat . |
| 28 | Her heart could have ached , could have dragged her down , but she did not let it , was keeping that lump of a heart on a short cruel chain like a dangerous dog . |
| 29 | I think I 'll have to put her down again then . |
| 30 | I 'll try to get her down . |