Example sentences of "[verb] down for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 2 | There when you go to the bank , you have to sit down for about two hours before they even think you 're there . |
| 3 | Barings nearly want down for over twenty million . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been let down for tonight . |
| 5 | I 'd just been turned down for yet another job , hardly any money left — desperate , I was , and out comes your grandfather , asks me what 's wrong . ’ |
| 6 | It is true that much of the country closes down for too long over this festive period , though there are advantages for industry in doing that and we all deserve a decent break at this time of the year . |
| 7 | Perhaps we should not be surprised that Parliament is closing down for so long . |
| 8 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 9 | AUSTRALIA wrapped up the series 4–0 with an ultimately easy victory over a dispirited Indian side , whose last 10 wickets went down for only 59 in the final innings . |
| 10 | I do n't think he lay down for quite some time though as he never had any shavings in his mane or tail for weeks but at least he could move about and that relieved quite a few of his problems . |
| 11 | There 's too much quality at the club for us to stay down for long . |
| 12 | Over by the birch trees , Mervyn Finch had started to play his squeezebox to Vera ‘ Got All the Things There ’ Loomis , and a few of the adults were dancing the old dances that have been passed down for nearly 200 years . |
| 13 | A pair of Derwent jet engines , once fitted to Meteor WL181 and latterly used as runway de-icers were hammered down for only £750 . |
| 14 | Where we were dru , the spi , the Espinear used to be drummed down for about five , six , seven years . |
| 15 | You doing a swim because that costs more , but it 's not just actual spa we 've put down for though |
| 16 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |
| 17 | As he knows , I have to decide whether his application comes within the Standing Order and , if so , whether a debate should be granted which would take precedence over the business set down for today or tomorrow . |