Example sentences of "be [vb pp] down for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 2 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 3 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 4 | The following techniques are outlawed under s3 : restricting the right to bid to more than one article ; goods being knocked down for a price less than the highest bid ; or where there are " free " gifts . |
| 5 | It 's been shut down for a fortnight , it 's all getting modernized and all that , upgraded . |
| 6 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 7 | He was turned down for an insurance policy on the grounds that he was too old . |
| 8 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
| 9 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |
| 10 | I recall my own final visit to the farm where he was allowed down for an hour and where the flame was rekindled for that period sufficiently for us to forget his illness and think only that the old Nye had been restored . |
| 11 | Clearly suffering from the after-effects of a hip injury , she was knocked down for a koka — just three points — by the Soviet Elena Petrova , but it was enough to wipe out her hopes of a third consecutive world title . |
| 12 | The Shell-owned Eider oil production platform , with 38 people on board , was shut down for a while . |