Example sentences of "i was [vb pp] down " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Three weeks ago I was invited down to a meeting of water workers . |
| 2 | It was agreed the next day that I was run down . |
| 3 | ‘ It came as a shock , because I was bent down tying my shoelaces . ’ |
| 4 | I was turned down by all the universities on my UCCA application form , because I had received a bad report from my headmaster at Downside School who said I took drugs , which was true , but was also an admission made to him in confidence . |
| 5 | So I was turned down in my own county town in favour of a stranger … |
| 6 | I was dragged down the hard , concrete steps on to the pavement . |
| 7 | Sometimes I was dragged down from our bed-sitter under the tiles . |
| 8 | Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel . |
| 9 | I was using regular for about two years after that until I was sent down . |
| 10 | It 's obvious from the record that I was weighted down by an incredible burden I did n't know was mine or not. , |
| 11 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 12 | Suddenly I was struck down by an illness . |
| 13 | I was marched down to A block [ punishment ] . |
| 14 | Oh , I was cast down . |
| 15 | They asked me questions about myself and my squadron and the way I was shot down . |
| 16 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 17 | On the day in question I was driven down to Wapping where the meeting was to take place at St Peter 's School . |
| 18 | Inside I was guided down a weird stairway and told at one point to watch my step carefully . |
| 19 | I was taken down to the block [ punishment wing ] and they left me there for two days . |
| 20 | I was taken down to Holloway by car , with me on the back seat and her on one side and a male officer on the other side . |
| 21 | I was knocked down by a car and very nearly died . |
| 22 | I was put down at Whitcross , a crossroads on the moor , after travelling for two days in the coach . |
| 23 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 24 | I was set down at Nurina and returned to my roomette before the train tackled the " long straight " , a point where the line runs across the dead heart of the Nullarbor , a distance of 478 kilometres . |
| 25 | I was let down lightly at the beginning , though . |
| 26 | Well I tried and then I was let down by the group . |
| 27 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
| 28 | I was frogmarched down to a single cell . |
| 29 | On the third day I was allowed down to dinner , and we were very appreciative of the good meal , and His Lordship 's well-made coffee . |
| 30 | I was shoved down on the bed , the soldier left and the slattern bustled in with a small manchet loaf and a goblet of wine . |