Example sentences of "[vb past] down for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 2 | Be glanced towards Kelly and slowed down for a moment before speeding onwards . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Paddy looked down for a moment at Joey , who beamed up at him , ‘ We gon na play checkers , Paddy ? ’ he called out suddenly and laughed . |
| 5 | ‘ I lay down for a rest after lunch and was about to drift into sleep when there was a definite pop inside me , which made me think my waters had broken . |
| 6 | Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’ |
| 7 | In the middle of digging they all sat down for a mug of tea . |
| 8 | They sat down for a meal with the missionaries , fully appreciating the significance of their actions . |
| 9 | 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 . |