Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got sent down the judge said , ‘ You should be out for the baby 's birth ’ , but I was n't . |
| 2 | Desperately I tried to hold down the rising sickness I felt about the theft of my writing to listen to all he was telling . |
| 3 | After a while , though , when I 'd turned down the side-street where the house was I hoped ) , there were no more sounds to frighten me , and as a result of course I grew much more afraid of the stuffed , dripping silence . |
| 4 | My mother could n't believe I 'd turned down the highest single accolade known to show business aside from This Is Your Life ( which I 've also managed to avoid by dint of a pact with the reclusive man with whom I share my digs ) . |
| 5 | I managed to get down the last two words of the preceding paragraph before my stomach over-boiled into my mouth . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Well , there was nothing for it , I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I had to force down the wave of nausea . |
| 12 | As usual , once I had put down the wheelbarrow , I had stiffened up and been able to think only of aches and pains . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Although I wanted to go down the pit because you got more money you see . |