Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skirting a tinker camp , Mrs M. eventually put me down beside the fast-flowing River Moy at Ballina . |
| 2 | Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got |
| 3 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 4 | At any rate , when I saw her approaching late at night from the last bus , I would feign sleep and lie rigid in bed , willing my eyes to stay shut , but the sagging weight of Val sitting on the edge of my bed and her heart-rending sighs usually wore me down in the end , and I had to open my eyes and listen . |
| 5 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 6 | Well knock me down with a naked Klingon ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years . |
| 9 | Then pulls me down beside her , and gives me a sisterly squeeze . |
| 10 | And sending each other massive consultancy bills , I think to myself , while my well practised straight face almost lets me down with both this thought and that of the possible scenario in the Heathrow customs hall . |
| 11 | We shall contrive some way however to get me down to Maitland town and the end of the week , when I shall make my way to Hobart Town the best way I can . |
| 12 | I always reply , ‘ It 's the Sixties for you now , dear , so you get out there and make a wally of yourself ’ — and he has never let me down in that respect , I am glad to say . |
| 13 | Such ruthless honesty certainly cuts me down to size , ’ he said idly . |
| 14 | Now I won that game , losing just two ‘ pieces ’ , but only after I left with the comeliest ‘ piece ’ of all , a wench from the imperial harem , did Suleiman discover that I had cheated and publicly marked me down for death . |