Example sentences of "[verb] her down for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One woman had a friend who constantly let her down for appointments , a lunch , an evening out , by either not turning up , being very late or changing dates at the last minute . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Nothing had ever been able to keep her down for long — another advantage of her Arian birth-sign , her mother would have insisted . |
| 4 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 5 | When they asked her down for meals she did n't come . |
| 6 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 7 | A lot of women put her down for working with a man , especially one like Francis , camp as Christmas in Tangiers , a slow fuse of lasciviousness smouldered in every phrase . |
| 8 | Eyeing Gwen Bear , she wondered if she ought to take her down for company , then gave an enchanting little giggle . |
| 9 | ‘ Virtually as soon as she was born our mum had her down for dancing classes , never mind football . |
| 10 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 11 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |