Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] 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 | Yes it erm you know , Martin 's done well , he 's got up and just nodded it down for Andy and erm he 's took it well ; a little touch and he 's just finished it very well , so you know , I 'm pleased for him . |
| 3 | Mr Cheney promptly slapped him down for speaking out of turn , which had more to do with Pentagon power play than strategy . |
| 4 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 5 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 6 | In his second defence of the title , against the man he had beaten to win it in June , Wharton 's awesome blows cut Carr above his left eye and then had him down for a count of eight and unable to defend himself when he regained his feet . |
| 7 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |
| 8 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |