Example sentences of "be down for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 2 | She 's act she er they 've been down for a for a flying visit , I think , th they like to fly and fly back because it gets th the fre used to the freedom . |
| 3 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 4 | In the first plant , Melman said , machines are down for at least half of the time . |
| 5 | I also welcome two more amendments which have also been put down by my Noble Friend , Lord and of course are down for discussion now . |
| 6 | You 're down for the floor . |
| 7 | His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment . |
| 8 | I was going to say , I like to set somebody task as they 're down for , and I look for it , and nine times out of ten you 'll find out if they can achieve that very shortly , very fast . |
| 9 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 10 | I am pleased we are to meet at 5p.m. or thereabouts at Waterloo on Wednesday , 8th February when I 'm down for the Co-ordinators , to take a close look at the programme for our Scottish National Conference on 10–12 March at the Scottish Churches House , Dunblane , in which you , Ingrid Keith and Mauricio Laborde , Chile , are to share . |
| 11 | Cook and Joan would not be down for another hour yet , so she made herself a cup of coffee on the gas stove . |
| 12 | Her husband gave her a hug and hurried inside , saying he was going to take a quick bath , then he 'd be down for drinks . |
| 13 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
| 14 | Their eyes locked together for an instant , and Alyssia felt suddenly dizzy , as though the breath had been knocked out of her , then she regained her self-control , and replied politely , ‘ I 'll be down for lunch . ’ |
| 15 | After a few seconds of awkward introductions , Zohra excused herself with a promise to be down for cocoa at the usual time , then led Harry upstairs . |
| 16 | If you had a face like that you 'd be down for plastic surgery tomorrow would n't you ? |
| 17 | ‘ Uncle Jake says we 've to be down for breakfast in a quarter of an hour . ’ |
| 18 | Everyone will be down for early breakfast . |
| 19 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
| 20 | as high as that get it me and we 'll send you the money straight down w in fact we 'd be down for it . |
| 21 | Once again , the Saturday 's play was washed out , but on Monday morning five wickets were down for 100 and , with Lloyd having badly pulled a hamstring while fielding , the follow-on definitely loomed . |
| 22 | Four were down for 112 before Best and Richards took the score to 192 . |
| 23 | Gooch won an important toss , put West Indies in , and before long five wickets were down for 29 . |
| 24 | The remaining fighters , which were down for maintenance and could not be made airworthy in time , were wrecked when a hangar door blew down on top of them . |
| 25 | Here the company offering the contract agrees to offer a replacement car or plane for the period of time in which the vehicle is down for maintenance , repairs etc . |
| 26 | George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported . |
| 27 | George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported . |
| 28 | The biggest programme faces Foggo , who is down for 11 events , including her Olympic races of 400m and 800m freestyle , but she is unlikely to compete in them all . |
| 29 | Wilson has the 200m butterfly , 400m and 1500m freestyle , while Purvis is down for the 200m backstroke , 400m freestyle , 50m , 100m and 200m butterfly . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's down for next September , ’ Maudie replied over her shoulder , and vanished quickly up the stairs . |