Example sentences of "[verb] you down " in BNC.
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| 1 | bows you down to the ground , bows you weeping |
| 2 | ‘ Charles , you remember — Juliet and Miles invited you down for lunch . ’ |
| 3 | So it was it was up to Mum to make you nice and tidy and smart , like they always used to look after you , and send you down and say , Do n't come back without it . |
| 4 | Race you down to the nursery slopes ! ’ |
| 5 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
| 6 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
| 7 | If you stare at a Rottweiler it thinks you are challenging it and goes for you immediately , knocking you down and tearing your throat out . |
| 8 | How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ? |
| 9 | I know I 've let you down … but we 'll get by . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Have people let you down , then , Bella ? ’ she found herself saying . |
| 11 | To commit yourself when everyone has let you down . |
| 12 | Yesterday , 200 creditors at a Bristol meeting sat silently as Tjolle — who refused to answer questions — said : ‘ I have let you down , but have nothing to hide . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 14 | Have I ever let you down ? |
| 15 | How can you defend her , Claudia , when she 's let you down so badly ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Women have let you down , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 17 | These lovely friends of yours , who 've let you down . |
| 18 | Have I ever let you down ? |
| 19 | ‘ To pull you down , Melanie . |
| 20 | No , the ones who get me are the purposeful ones who are out to pull you down a peg or two when you were quite happy with the peg you were on . |
| 21 | And road again drops you down into the , you go on the ring road of course , |
| 22 | If things had turned out differently I 'd been driving you down here . |
| 23 | This greatly annoyed Sampson — ‘ Now Felix , if you stand there I shall lash out at the next off ball and knock you down . ’ |
| 24 | But after a time the right person could tie you down . |
| 25 | If the gang does track you down to your hiding place , you are definitely out of luck . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought he 'd track you down , ’ Nick said . |
| 27 | I want you down at the track as soon as possible . |
| 28 | It 's the difference between the person who knocks you down to take your purse and the person who knocks him down to come to your rescue . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Sit ye down , ’ he repeated . |
| 30 | Then she said , ‘ I do n't see how she could have turned you down — knowing how you felt about her . ’ |