Example sentences of "have [verb] he down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Laura was a piranha ; she 'd have chewed him down to the bone if he had let her . |
| 2 | It would even be worth surrendering his prey , to have brought him down to the ignominy of lying to excuse himself . |
| 3 | There were hundreds of screaming women outside and we had to whisk him down to the underground car park and shut the gates behind him . |
| 4 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 5 | The castle 's black-cloaked seneschal had scowled darkly on the previous occasions when Quiss had tracked him down in the kitchens and asked him what was going on and what he intended to do about it ; he made dour excuses and talked of the corrosive effects of salt water and what a mess it made of his pipes and anyway materials were very hard to come by these days — What days ? |
| 6 | They 've got him down at the station for questioning . |
| 7 | Frankie Albright was nineteen and just young enough to have missed the war ; he had tried to sign up when he was sixteen , only to be informed upon by his mother , who had followed him down to the recruiting office . |
| 8 | Familiarity with the voices that had haunted him down through the years had encouraged a bravado that was little like his real self . |
| 9 | They had taken him down in the lift and he had stood there looking at her face , peaceful and still . |
| 10 | Well no just screaming at the top of his voice , our Ben had to bring him down in the end and give him a drink and start again , even then I had to stay with him until he went to sleep |