Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 2 | It was also over 50 per cent more than that laid down in codes for the relief of famine as a basic subsistence diet ( Kynch 1989 ) . |
| 3 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 4 | And Simon was invited to go down to London for a chat . |
| 5 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 6 | His girlfriend , Hazel , had come down from Leeds for the weekend . |
| 7 | He was glad of the distraction , having earlier received a wire from Hilary who , at the last minute and in spite of cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die promises , found it impossible , after all , to come down from London for the first night of Peter Pan . |
| 8 | In my case the question of chaperonage came up with regard to the O. U. D. S. At that time all the women 's parts in the O. U. D. S. plays were taken by professional actresses who came down from London for the rehearsals and performances — and very glamorous they were too — Peggy Ashcroft among them ! |
| 9 | The other event that I remember well was when my Uncle Ned could have made himself a bit of money when a bird was shot down in mistake for a grouse . |
| 10 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
| 11 | Former Securitate chief Iulian Vlad , who was already serving a 3@1/2-year sentence handed down in March for a similar offence [ see p. 38108 ] , received a four-year sentence ( it was unclear whether the new sentence would run consecutively or concurrently ) . |
| 12 | I 've been invited down to Plymouth for a party at the weekend . ’ |
| 13 | The film is bogged down in exposition for the first hour , remains plodding , and shifts uncertainly between protagonists . |
| 14 | An additional £3M breaks down into £1,000 for every committee . |
| 15 | ‘ And the times for you getting down to London for the attack on Oliver , if you include the times you — or whoever — were seen in the toilets at Tottenham Court Road , are looking very tight ; there was a delay on all the flights from Edinburgh into Heathrow that day … makes it impossible , really . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm coming down to leeds for the Man City match in about 3 weeks time . |
| 17 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 18 | The removal of the male enables the female to settle down in isolation for a week or so prior to giving birth . |
| 19 | Thought we might go down to Grafton for the Old Boys ’ match against the first XI . |
| 20 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 21 | The right politician must be put in charge of the Treasury to bring the economy back to even keel , reduce the trade deficit and force both inflation and interest rates down in time for the next election . |
| 22 | Hazel did not come down to London for the weekend . |
| 23 | Population regulation , however , if it has any advantage at all , can only be a long-term one ; it must therefore be a consequence of individual decisions to emigrate , taken on the grounds that conditions will be better elsewhere , not on the grounds that the population level must be kept down in order for the local resources to be conserved . |
| 24 | I travelled down to Gateshead for the big meeting there , Great Britain versus the Commonwealth , and was witness to one of the most amazing come-backs in British sprinting history made by , who else , that old war-horse Allan Wells . |
| 25 | Jan. 24 Siyad Barre hands over power to new 25-member government formed by Arteh , and offers to step down in exchange for a ceasefire . |