Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |
| 2 | I could not bring him down . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We may not bring them down but we can undermine their authority . ’ |
| 4 | You can not break them down . |
| 5 | The Cleveland firm which installed the panelling for a drugs trial could not take it down until today at the earliest . |
| 6 | Why not take it down to the firm 's office and let the experts see it for themselves ? |
| 7 | I can not hear everything down here . |
| 8 | He controls all hunters , so they will not hunt me down . |
| 9 | Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him . |
| 10 | The other two held their breath , waiting for the inevitable squeak , but the sensitive fingers did not let him down . |
| 11 | That lavish endowment of talent , which had been blotted up in sport and intense boyish preoccupations , was now called up in all its force and it did not let him down . |
| 12 | The system would not let him down again . |
| 13 | It did not let him down . |
| 14 | I could not let him down , could I ? |
| 15 | ‘ I can not let him down . |
| 16 | Hankin is confident the former Darlington junior will not let him down . |
| 17 | There were so many loose ends , so many clients still waiting for attention , and she could not let them down . |
| 18 | Their goal is to provide robust and reliable machinery which allows hardworking chefs the freedom and time to be creative and serve up dishes which will meet the high standards diners expect , safe in the knowledge that the equipment will not let them down . |
| 19 | We must not let her down . |
| 20 | Her memory did not let her down . |
| 21 | She tried to cheer up as she drove on to the ferry because — having caved in instantly and completely when Cara had asked ‘ Would you let me down — now ? ’ she had ensured that Cara could fly to Barney certain of one thing , if nothing else : that , her word given , she would not let her down . |
| 22 | Use them well and your troops will not let you down . |
| 23 | I will not let you down . ’ |
| 24 | The opportunity to serve you and to meet you over the next twelve months I look forward to enormously and while I 'm not conceited enough to think that I can move mountains in the year ahead , or naive enough to think that I can please everybody fully , fellow Tablers I promise you I will not let you down . |
| 25 | I will say this : we have players of real character who will not let us down . |
| 26 | I shall not live it down when I get to the office . |
| 27 | If you think you might possibly enjoy doing a particular exercise , but it is not something terribly exciting , do not write it down . |
| 28 | I 'm speaking fast in the hope you might not write it down erm and how to interpret a correlation coefficient and what it means . |
| 29 | So , show me yours otherwise I might not put something down . |
| 30 | He published at least one book a year ; readers who began could not put them down , though at the end of the book they had received nothing . |