Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] down for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
| 2 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 3 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 4 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 5 | And when she went down for a cup of tea , her mother mentioned casually that Parr had gone to Belfast , not to England as expected , although she did not know why . |
| 6 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 7 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 8 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |