Example sentences of "down [prep] the weekend " in BNC.

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1 He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things .
2 We 're just down for the weekend to air the place out and run the heating .
3 She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend .
4 Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning .
5 Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’
6 She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off .
7 Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar .
8 One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend .
9 The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends .
10 Thirty of farmer Alan Gerrard 's brutes were put down after the weekend attack on Beverley Hurst , nine .
11 my mailing system was down over the weekend and I did not receive any mail .
12 Proceedings had been due to resume on Monday next week , but the commission was on standby to travel down over the weekend if necessary if there was an improvement in his client 's health .
13 Well mum said were we gon na come down over the weekend ?
14 Well , I mean , we had the opportunity , you know chit-chat job and mum said are we gon na go down over the weekend ?
15 She told Lizzie now that she would be coming down at the weekend and asked her if she would be kind enough to get her old room ready for her .
16 ‘ I 'm rather busy during the week , but things will calm down by the weekend . ’
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