Example sentences of "[to-vb] i down " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want you to drive me down to the railway station in about half an hour . ’ |
| 2 | just trying to contract me down |
| 3 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 4 | Do you wait around with a gun in your hand to shoot me down when I finally stagger out ? |
| 5 | So the ship was to go briefly near ground-level to set me down by tractor-beam . |
| 6 | Frankenstein had made no effort to set me down . |
| 7 | He was a young er man er who was just er a young boy , he was promoting records and trying to get into the business and , and er he remembered me well , and when they found out that I was n't easy to , to reach , no-one knew where I was , he was able to track me down and when he told me that er I had this big hit record , I thought it was someone playing a joke on me , because here in America , they have a television show called The Blue Bird , where they play jokes on people and , and tell them things , and then they videotape you and then there 's a funny reaction that this is a big television show . |
| 8 | We drew up at the house at last , and the man came round to help me down . |
| 9 | Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there . |
| 10 | I went to the doctor at seventeen , just about to be married and he put me on Librium to calm me down . |
| 11 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 12 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
| 13 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 14 | Was it very difficult to let me down completely ? ’ |
| 15 | The band have a live intensity that 's missing on their recordings and gave added depth to Let Me Down . |
| 16 | She , on her side , had always the sisterly feeling of wanting to ‘ thump ’ anyone who exploited me or tried to do me down . |
| 17 | When I used to get all excited about the projects you got involved with years ago , you used to slap me down with that . |
| 18 | ‘ Ask Grandson Richard to put me down , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ People are always trying to put me down and I have always come back better . ’ |
| 20 | So he was determined to put me down . |
| 21 | The King agreed , and ordered his officials to put me down on Balnibarbi , and show me round the capital , Lagado . |
| 22 | ‘ The Special Branch managed to hunt me down when I was in Norfolk . |
| 23 | Maybe it is also because Finch Street is such a dirty little alley it is not the place anyone would try to lure me down . |
| 24 | But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down . |
| 25 | " Mum used to send me down to the job centre for jobs . |
| 26 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
| 27 | His other hand splays across my face to hold me down . |
| 28 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 29 | to settle me down . |
| 30 | It used to get me down so much . |