Example sentences of "i [verb] down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree .
2 I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather .
3 I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room .
4 Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee .
5 We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night .
6 On one occasion I lay down for a rest , dozed off for 15 minutes , and awoke to find half a dozen sitting on branches within a few metres of my recumbent form .
7 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 .
8 If I 've had a big bill , occasionally I 've had to say to my mum ‘ I 've no money left , can I come down for the week ? ’ and I 've had to go down there .
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