Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should we dump everything down onto a long-term storage medium and select at the end of a longer period of time with the benefit of historical hindsight , say after 25 years ? |
| 2 | ‘ How could you let me down like this after all the effort I 've made ? |
| 3 | ‘ Shall I bring them down to Water Gypsy this evening , or will you come up to Chimneys to see them ? ’ |
| 4 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 5 | So , so it must be it is erm can I write it down on here ? |
| 6 | Can you narrow it down to various professions on the er expectancies ? |
| 7 | I 'm just can you put me down for some paracetamols for the pain |
| 8 | So how can they close them down without the say-so of the people of this country ? |