Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to hold down the wheelbarrow by sitting on it while taking off my hat , changing into my jeans , and putting on goggles and a smog-mask . |
| 2 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 4 | Well , there was nothing for it , I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms . |
| 5 | he and he were like this in the water I had to go down the bank I grabbed hold of him in the middle of his back , just turfed him out . |
| 6 | I had to force down the wave of nausea . |
| 7 | As usual , once I had put down the wheelbarrow , I had stiffened up and been able to think only of aches and pains . |
| 8 | Fenella was easily bribed with the promise of an ice-cream on the way home and Lisabeth kept her company by devouring a couple of choc ices , which meant I had to wash down the upholstery of Armstrong 's back seat that evening . |
| 9 | Just the sight of the stamp had been enough to set her heart beating uneasily and she had to fight down the urge to put off reading the words someone had written to her . |
| 10 | It would be awful to get up next morning and find she had drifted down the canal . |
| 11 | She had set down the candle . |
| 12 | It was n't perfect , she reflected after she had put down the telephone , but it was n't bad . |
| 13 | After she had put down the phone , Kelly sat deep in thought . |
| 14 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 15 | When she had put down the phone , Sandra leapt out of her seat . |
| 16 | Before he could respond , she had put down the telephone . |
| 17 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 18 | And what was the sort of clothes you had to wear down the pit ? |
| 19 | We had brought down the President of France . |
| 20 | When Johann did not come , we had to break down the castle door . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ We had to break down the door to reach the lady in the house — she was terrified . |
| 22 | Within days of the settlement Mass Observation reported widespread shame ‘ that we had let down the whole tradition of England 's pledges for honesty , fair play and resistance to threats . ’ |
| 23 | When several of us got down there the CO informed us that we had to fly down the Gulf to look for an Imperial Airways airliner , one of those Armstrong Whitworth Argosys which was named City of Glasgow , and had been overdue for sometime . |
| 24 | From there we had to shuffle down the underground to Davenports Magic Shop , where Paul had been lured in order to buy an ancient Chinese trick , hence the coolie gear . |
| 25 | They had trampled down the rye ahead of their line to make a killing ground some sixty yards deep and , judging by the sound of their musketry , the Dutch-Belgian skirmishers were fighting with a brisk energy . |
| 26 | They had to go down the rope side-ladder , Richard first . |
| 27 | Material things they had in plenty , and though they had moved to cheaper housing she could not actually remember feeling that they had moved down the social ladder at all . |
| 28 | That 's why they had torn down the children 's hospital to make room for the miniature golf course . |
| 29 | They had slipped down the First Division , losing five consecutive League matches . |
| 30 | Failing that they had to trudge down the nearest side streets with their suitcases , knock on doors at random asking whether they took theatricals . |