Example sentences of "[vb past] me down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 2 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
| 3 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 4 | Then , one afternoon , Didier led me down the rue de Fleuve to the cemetery . |
| 5 | He led me down the hallway and into the communal kitchen . |
| 6 | After a time it got me down , this continued evasion of me , it was like a form of torture . |
| 7 | I was extremely tired and the night feeds really got me down . |
| 8 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 9 | These were the only things on the Sorrento that got me down ; at night they sallied from every crack and crevice and nibbled dead skin on the soles of my feet . |
| 10 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 11 | I 'd never enjoyed the media interest and the goldfish-bowl aspect of driving , and while I was grateful to have fans their continual invasion of my privacy got me down . |
| 12 | Right , only got me down cos I was tired , I told you . |
| 13 | They invited me down to Cincinnati , Ohio , to observe networked computing — or personal computers which are linked together so that information can be transferred from one to another . |
| 14 | Well , it 's all because of the legendary Rob Ellen , who first invited me down from Shetland to tour in the Highlands oh , five years ago . |
| 15 | Alright he , he 's probably down there with his wife and my friend and invited me down there to stay in her house but I do n't think it 's September actually , so I do n't , some . |
| 16 | And it sort of weighed me down and slowed me down till my legs could n't hardly move . |
| 17 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 18 | It tormented me beyond all endurance , while at the same time the awful silence of the terrible prison weighed me down . |
| 19 | Then she held the light still and drew me down to kneel beside her . |
| 20 | Your voice pursued me down the marble stairway : |
| 21 | ‘ I nearly married once , but he let me down . |
| 22 | ‘ He let me down . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He stopped me down the village . ’ |
| 24 | That dropped me down from second place . ’ |
| 25 | The concussion of the exploding wave drove me down like a steam hammer . |
| 26 | And the chauffeur drove me down in the car and sat beside the car waiting on me . |
| 27 | I had risen with him , but he gestured me down again . |
| 28 | Just dragged me into the building , threw me down on the floor , made a lot of noise and left . ’ |
| 29 | She hauled me down to her lair to find out . |
| 30 | and they fetched me down at the hospital |