Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I admired Venables , his flamboyant style and attitude , but I could see the dangers in the temptations of life in London and I regretfully turned down the move . |
| 2 | I eventually tracked down the ward sister , who was wrestling with an intravenous drip that had collapsed . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I only write down the figures , really , but I do find it fascinating . ’ |
| 4 | Can I just go down the shops , Kelly and me are just going get something ? |
| 5 | Readers from last month will be glad to know that I finally tracked down the elusive Tequila based Marguerita in a Tex-Mex cafe in Covent Garden . |
| 6 | I always play down the beauty of a model . ’ |
| 7 | I also jot down the questions I did answer and ask myself if my answers were open or closed . |
| 8 | I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings . |
| 9 | A45 to date format 2 the entry for @NOW appears as a meaningful date ( in my example 09-Sep ) and if I now move down a row and type @NOW again it will instantly be displayed as the current date . |
| 10 | I even wrote down the name of a bar and a good clean hotel that he recommended . |
| 11 | I proudly took down the details in my pristine notebook and could n't wait to read the proof as soon as my painstaking , if short , report was set . |
| 12 | She read the star 's altitude off the sextant 's micrometer , and I dutifully jotted down the numbers and the time of day for her . |
| 13 | Then , after about three months , I had got it all out of my system I suppose , and I actually turned down an invitation to a party in favour of staying in and washing some clothes ! |