Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lance Buckmaster , our esteemed Minister for External Security has asked me to attend him down at the ancestral home , Tavey Grange on Dartmoor . ’ |
| 2 | I lowered myself down off the fence . |
| 3 | I track him down to the University of Saskatchewan and just catch him at home before he leaves for work . |
| 4 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 5 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 6 | I got it down to a fine art , but it was all additional pressure . |
| 7 | I got it down from the top of the wardrobe . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I narrowed it down after a lot of sifting through . |
| 9 | I want you down at the track as soon as possible . |
| 10 | I put him down as a schoolboy . |
| 11 | I put them down as a 'No' , eight per cent could n't bring themselves to support this strategy , they are 'Nos ' . |
| 12 | I put it down to a lingering melancholy and sense of impending loss at leaving the melin , even though by now he was in full agreement . |
| 13 | But I put it down to a natural wish on Jefferson 's part to protect what for him was a considerable investment in a new club and , if Harley 's new agent had exacted his usual pound , or stone rather , of flesh , a considerable investment in a golf pro . |
| 14 | I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ‘ throne ’ and his following of stooges . |
| 15 | Again I put it down to the stresses of presenting a live programme five days a week . |
| 16 | I got two bottles of Scotch and I hid one down by the dishwasher . ’ |
| 17 | Libby would not watch ; she hated the high-pitched squealing as the rabbits panicked , hearing a stick thump or a shot ring out , seeing the warm fur parting in the breeze as someone threw it down beside the other corpses . |
| 18 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 19 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 20 | Adding the screw-on cranes until the brush emerged from the chimney , I pulled it down amidst a great cloud of soot — but the brush must have come unscrewed half-way , and there it remained . |
| 21 | I watched them down to the causeway . |
| 22 | I gave it a coat yesterday morning and then it hardened up and I rubbed it down with a bit of fine wire wool today |
| 23 | Someone brought him down to the hospital a couple of hours ago , and since then his condition has deteriorated . |
| 24 | I do n't mind shopping on Saturday when I 've got the money , but I do n't like it during the week — I 'm usually broke by Monday — so I keep it down to a minimum . |
| 25 | I took him down with a shell , and he flew to pieces . |
| 26 | I took it down to the Spar shop as well . |
| 27 | I took it down from the shelf in my locker and went out of doors . |
| 28 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 29 | Here , let me' As I put it down on the table I saw that her initials were etched on the flap in black . |
| 30 | If I carry you down to the garden I shall expect your life story in full , a complete and truthful exposé . ’ |