Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard her , sir : " Why do n't you throw me down ! " she says . |
| 2 | Ah no Heather I 'll throw them down there you 'll have to get lighted the fire try and some right . |
| 3 | Alice , who had been about to get up , ready to leave , said quickly , " He does n't want me down there ? |
| 4 | ‘ Might slow me down . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't feel pleasure , I do n't feel pain , if you wan na knock me down , I just get up again . |
| 6 | Did you slow them down ? |
| 7 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 8 | Would it slow them down or make them more vicious ? |
| 9 | Another owner discovered that if he put a line of coins on his sideboard his cat would knock them down one by one . |
| 10 | The area man 'll look at it and say ‘ You can knock them down ’ . |
| 11 | Why did he knock them down ? |
| 12 | on a lot of systems , really now is the time for you to try and go and buy a new system , because you can knock them down immensely really good bargains the basic |
| 13 | ‘ Some day , when I 'm big and strong , I 'll knock someone down for you , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground . |
| 15 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 16 | My favourite drum sounds have always been The Glitter Band 's so I thought it was silly not to try and track them down . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't you strip me down and go over me with a scrubbin' brush ? ’ |
| 18 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'd track me down through the credit cards I use , ’ she said . |
| 20 | The survivalist culture of the ghetto insists that , instead of leading ever fuller lives , we should strip ourselves down for action and retaliation : it 's a culture fascinated by war games , fitness , one-upmanship . |
| 21 | Dem hav many troops fe batter yu down , |
| 22 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
| 23 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
| 24 | But after a time the right person could tie you down . |
| 25 | If the gang does track you down to your hiding place , you are definitely out of luck . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought he 'd track you down , ’ Nick said . |
| 27 | Yeah , well perhaps , well we 'll need one down there |
| 28 | I 'd catch one down here , she 'd catch her 's up home . |
| 29 | It was true of Eliot , as it was true of Dr Johnson , that he needed to read himself into a writing disposition ; and that is perhaps why some of his best essays were produced under the stimulus of a particular kind — a review-book or some text which would ‘ tie him down ’ . |
| 30 | Yet there is no trace of arrogance in his writings or pronouncements , and for those who could track him down , there was a man who was more than ready to mull over the ideas of lesser mortals . |