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Example sentences of "i [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’
2	In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh .
3	They permitted me to go down into Tara 's Sorcery Chambers for this .
4	Another recurrent crisis , during university years , was the cerebral accident — a subarachnoid haemorrhage unambiguous enough for me to sit down with pen and I paper and put my affairs in order .
5	He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details .
6	I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor .
7	Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered .
8	You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’
9	You tell Ernest to see there 's a good fire for me to come down to . ’
10	I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner .
11	He 'd remember me , too , because he would have wondered what percentage I had on him that entitled me to come down from her apartment in the early morning .
12	I gazed down at the reclining form .
13	In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre .
14	See now what his power is , for the day when I sate down before Juballa I had no more than four loaves of bread , and now by God 's mercy I have won Valencia .
15	I regret the fact that the hon. Member for Livingston saw fit not to answer the challenge that I laid down to him , just as he has not answered any of the challenges that I have laid down to him today , and that he has also seen fit to put the hon. Lady , on her first outing today , into a rather difficult position .
16	You see , we 'd got such confidence that she told me that when he died , she said , ‘ He died in his bed here ’ , that we were in , you see ; and she said , ‘ I then closed his eyes and I laid down with him till the morning so that nobody should be disturbed . ’
17	erm , I like to talk , so he 's wound down , you know , really sleepy , comes to bed , and I 'm like , that 's when I wind down by chatting away and saying , you know , little snippets of things that have happened to you during the day , and he 's just like , oh , shut up , go to sleep , you know .
18	I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round .
19	I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky .
20	When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side .
21	I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her .
22	Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ?
23	Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ?
24	I sit down at this desk with a ledger .
25	I sit down at my desk and write a letter of accusations to Crilly .
26	Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait .
27	There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree .
28	I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather .
29	I sit down with Paul Franklin every now and then and we swap licks — just basically show each other what we know .
30	For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there .