Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] down for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 2 | ‘ Charles , you remember — Juliet and Miles invited you down for lunch . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ While you are waiting for God to write it down for you in capital letters , ’ Anna had shouted finally , exasperated out of all diplomacy , ‘ I shall decide for you both . |
| 4 | Erm I do n't think I have got any written down here for you to have a look so I 'll have to write it down for you erm stuff about Stanley knives . |
| 5 | ‘ Put me down for picketing , Bob , ’ says Robyn . |
| 6 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ They 'd send you down for years , ’ chided Norman . |
| 8 | One woman had a friend who constantly let her down for appointments , a lunch , an evening out , by either not turning up , being very late or changing dates at the last minute . |
| 9 | ‘ Put him down for x-ray , Sister , and we 'll see . ’ |
| 10 | Put him down for five or six places , got in at Gander Hall , loves the place . |
| 11 | But at this second exhibition Flatpattern 's ex-wife , who has been trying to track him down for alimony , appears , denounces him and the syndicate and mayhem breaks out . |
| 12 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 13 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 14 | If I write this on the board , I 'll break it down for you because it 's a word you may well see , sorry about that |
| 15 | Your fax has been here for about a week now , I 'll bring it down for you . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll carry it down for you , ’ said Philip . |
| 17 | So you count , you hold it down for three . |
| 18 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 19 | Why you writing it down for ? |
| 20 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 21 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 22 | " He carried off his subjects ' wives , daughters and kinswomen by force and made them his concubines ; when he had sated his own lust on them he handed them down for his soldiers to enjoy . |
| 23 | When fate marks you down for immortality you 'd just better bite the bullet and lace your boots up tight . |
| 24 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 25 | I 'll boil you down for soap . |
| 26 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 27 | Got him down for Harrow after that , and if he does n't get in , Redfern Park . |
| 28 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 29 | Yes it erm you know , Martin 's done well , he 's got up and just nodded it down for Andy and erm he 's took it well ; a little touch and he 's just finished it very well , so you know , I 'm pleased for him . |
| 30 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |