Example sentences of "get [pers pn] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 They 've got him down at the station for questioning .
2 so , anyway , I just , we 've got it down on the floor and I says if we had a brown suite
3 All of them enthusiastic — questions are coming think and fast , not at the end of a lecture — I think we actually slightly dominate them because we 're not school teachers , but quote with a big U ‘ University lecturers ’ , but get them down in the laboratory and the questions come thick and fast from boys and girls — no difference whatsoever .
4 It needed people to work all night sending out subscription copies , getting them down to the all-night post office .
5 It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly .
6 He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead .
7 ‘ I 'll need some help to wrap it up and get it down to the car .
8 Well I 'd start with wood and er get something rough to work off and then , use me head as I say , get it down to the requirements on the , on the paper and then start to produce eventually , you know and er
9 Aim at getting it down onto the ground before it reaches the bank , hooding the clubface by setting the hands well forward , to reduce the effective loft of the club .
10 Then he grabbed at her gown , got her down on the floor
11 I got it down from the top of the wardrobe .
12 " Then we 'll get you down to the road .
13 I hope you 'll be up soon — we must arrange to get you down to the cottage , it would be a hoot .
14 Let us get it down from the shelf for close scrutiny .
15 Next , I had to get it down to the sea .
16 ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof .
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