Example sentences of "[noun sg] down for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
| 2 | Russell said , " Before you leave , put money down for a mescal . " |
| 3 | You put your guitar down for a second , and just as you turn away there 's a horrible discordant ker-draanngg ! , accompanied , if you 're unlucky , by the even more expensive noise of your headstock suddenly leaving the band to embark on a solo career . |
| 4 | For sure , Disneyhood wo n't be challenging Swans in the heavyweight ring just yet , but they frequently flourish a muscular grip on proceedings , ultimately putting their collective foot down for a finale of ‘ Sight Return ’ , intimidating in its volume and velocity . |
| 5 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |
| 6 | She stopped and put her case down for a moment to try and collect herself ; her hands were trembling uncontrollably from the weight . |
| 7 | turned our day upside down for a lark . |
| 8 | He was n't going to come charging back , forcing her to remember things she had worked long and hard to forget , turning her entire world upside down for a second time . |
| 9 | Once seed heads/leaves change colour remove and hang upside down for a while ensuring the tips preserve too . |
| 10 | Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time . |
| 11 | Well it 's the wrong pattern , up side down for a start , with the other piece of |
| 12 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 13 | ‘ If you get this into W.H. Smith 's ’ , observed the Australian , ‘ put your name down for a Rolls-Royce immediately . ’ |
| 14 | But ‘ the social worker put her name down for an EMI bed — eventually her name came to the top of the waiting list , and the social worker put her in . |
| 15 | If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening . |
| 16 | I 'm a bit tired , to be honest ; I 'm going to get my head down for a while . |
| 17 | Tod held his head down for a couple of minutes , then sloped off . |
| 18 | Rory saw his mother 's shoulders move once , and she put her head down for a second , sniffed . |
| 19 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 20 | Referee Larry Thompson stepped in to save the Hull fighter from further punishment after a sustained assault from Hardy after he had put his man down for a count of eight early in the round . |
| 21 | I put my small but suddenly very heavy suitcase down for a rest , and we stood looking at each other . |
| 22 | I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard . |
| 23 | Put that book down for a moment and pay attention . ’ |
| 24 | GONE : It 's a long way down for a reporter whose life is hanging by a thread |
| 25 | But in that 11th , Benn was the Dark Destroyer of old , first knocking Piper down for a count of eight with three big rights and a sweet left hook and then punching him all round the ring — blood spurting from Piper 's mouth with every blow — until referee Larry O'Connell mercifully stopped it . |
| 26 | Unhitching his horses from the plough , he fastened Gracie to a sapling on the bank of the river , before leading Daisy down for a drink . |
| 27 | From time to time , as she looked up , specks of gritty plaster landed in her eyes and , putting her broom down for a moment , she dabbed them with the corner of her shawl . |
| 28 | When they put the heavy bag down for a rest and looked back , Mister Johnny had gone . |