Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 2 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 3 | They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be . |
| 4 | point going down for an argument . |
| 5 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 6 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 7 | Malcolm Edwards , British Coal 's commercial director , told an electricity conference in London that the corporation was prepared to enter supply deals lasting eight years — the same period set down for the bulk of initial contracts between privatised electricity generators and distribution companies . |
| 8 | There is a statutory procedure laid down for the consultation process . |
| 9 | I told her it 's my wife come down for the day … ’ |
| 10 | Out of the short-wave receiver comes a scratchy-hum , and for a few bleary seconds I think it 's a radio station closed down for the night . |
| 11 | The old house creaked in its joints like an old dog settling down for the night . |
| 12 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 13 | When life sank down for a moment , the range of experience seemed limitless … . |
| 14 | Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night . |
| 15 | ‘ We will let the new legislation settle down for a year or so first , ’ he said . |
| 16 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 17 | When the tables had been cleared and those who could do so had entertained the rest with songs and recitations , the whole company settled down for a sing-song . |
| 18 | The pain died down for a moment , and I related my hold . |