Example sentences of "and [verb] down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 2 | By the time you 've finished , if you are n't the best of mates and invited down for a vair long weekend in the cuntrair , I can only say — Air nair . |
| 3 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 4 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 5 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 6 | Formalities over , Patricia Pillmoor drew out a chair , pulled off her hat and settled down for a chat . |
| 7 | Had there been no — and certainly no just-arrived audience — It would have been utterly lovely to have taken the phone and settled down for a chat , to be inspired and encouraged as always by the love you offer your friends and by your own zest for life physical and things spiritual . |
| 8 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 9 | Be glanced towards Kelly and slowed down for a moment before speeding onwards . |
| 10 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 11 | At the start , the hare dashed off and built such a commanding lead that he decided to relax briefly and lay down for a nap . |
| 12 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 13 | There was the evening meal to prepare and Rachel to wash , feed and settle down for the night . |
| 14 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 15 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
| 16 | " Why do n't you pop upstairs and lie down for a bit ? |
| 17 | You 're looking very weary now , do you need to go home and lie down for a bit ? |
| 18 | " I think I 'll just go and lie down for a while . " |
| 19 | I 'll go and lie down for an hour , before supper . ’ |
| 20 | It was in the third week after Minch had gone that he had first noticed that one of the Men , older than the Keeper , regularly came to the benches that ranged along the path by the Cages , and sat down for a while . |