Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] down for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their friends bring their friends down for the week-end . |
| 2 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 3 | Er put your hands down for the moment . |
| 4 | However it might be a good idea to put my name down for the ‘ Understanding Racism ’ Course . |
| 5 | ‘ I prefer to keep our heads down for the moment . |
| 6 | And like a well-trained dog I stuck an arm in the air and said , ‘ I 'm putting my foot down for the Telethon , how about you ? ’ |
| 7 | Gunn was in splendid form : it was just past 7 o'clock , he was the 19th caddie to get his name down for the day and , almost certainly , he would work two jobs before nightfall . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister had his head down for the vast majority of the speech , assiduously following the whole of the 57 pages either to avoid the accusatory , glaring eyes of the Opposition or to check that his Chancellor did not deviate from the text . |