Example sentences of "him down [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 2 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 5 | Yeah right I 'll put him down with a question mark . |
| 6 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |
| 7 | You write to an imaginary friend , you 're inviting him down for the summer holidays and you say all that , all about the sort of things that you 're planning to do with them , make it up |
| 8 | Frankie Albright was nineteen and just young enough to have missed the war ; he had tried to sign up when he was sixteen , only to be informed upon by his mother , who had followed him down to the recruiting office . |
| 9 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 10 | Sir Gregory , Amyas and two menservants were to take him down to the landing stage where a boat was waiting . |
| 11 | Tony surprises an oncoming motorist by assuming a position that leaves his legs on the gravel road but takes the rest of him down among the lake-side vegetation . |