Example sentences of "[to-vb] him down [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked the taxi he had taken to put him down at the top of the drift and he had walked to the house . |
| 2 | It 's almost impossible to put him down in the tackle , and there are few players about who you an say that . |
| 3 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 4 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 5 | He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price . |
| 6 | No-one 's got to go very far to take him down to the beach . |
| 7 | Sir Gregory , Amyas and two menservants were to take him down to the landing stage where a boat was waiting . |
| 8 | And when she tried several times to pin him down at the office , invariably , as if he were telepathically aware of her intentions , he was elsewhere . |
| 9 | A spearman tried to bring him down with a lance thrust under the cuirass whilst another took a swing with a sword at the joints in the greaves on his legs . |
| 10 | Well no just screaming at the top of his voice , our Ben had to bring him down in the end and give him a drink and start again , even then I had to stay with him until he went to sleep |