Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] down for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 3 | Mr Jefferies featured strongly in the confessions of Ivan Boesky and he is quoted in an American magazine this month as saying : ‘ If the government was going to bring me down for something like this , I am going to bring down a lot of other people with me ’ . |
| 4 | Erm I do n't think I have got any written down here for you to have a look so I 'll have to write it down for you erm stuff about Stanley knives . |
| 5 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 6 | But at this second exhibition Flatpattern 's ex-wife , who has been trying to track him down for alimony , appears , denounces him and the syndicate and mayhem breaks out . |
| 7 | I 've been trying to pin him down for weeks . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh well , I do n't think this is the kind of place you have to put them down for at birth . |
| 9 | If we examine God not as protagonist and moral bully but as author of this story , we have to mark him down for plot , motivation , suspense and characterisation . |
| 10 | Angela is planning a traditional wedding but the dresses she had seen were too romantic and frilly , and she was unsure about what to do with her make-up as she normally wears quite strong colours but felt she wanted to tone them down for her wedding day . |