Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner . |
| 2 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 3 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 4 | I phoned down for some eggs , toast and a quart of coffee . |
| 5 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 6 | They accost me in the street every time I walk every time I walk down for money , they 're |
| 7 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
| 8 | I slow down for some cows and greet many people but I do n't usually have to stop now , even for elders . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll pop in at the doctor 's when I go down for my shopping , ’ Mrs Hellyer said . |
| 13 | Well , I went down for that Christmas . |
| 14 | What , when I went down for , so I called back later , about half an hour later and she was awake so I just took her then . |
| 15 | And like I went down for that one Monday . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When can I come down for it Dennis ? |
| 18 | Billy how many hours shall I put down for |
| 19 | and dumplings and er I come , on Wednesday I come down , I come down for your |
| 20 | I sat down for my picnic . |
| 21 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 22 | Wo n't you be afraid while you sit down for your long wait ? ’ |
| 23 | And I got that , well and she sa , she said er , when I asked them fo for some er tablets he said alright , can you send down for them ? |
| 24 | ‘ What you put down for , you get . |
| 25 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 26 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I have to go out today , ’ Fernando told her when she came down for breakfast on the terrace the next morning . |
| 28 | well she came down for Keith 's sake , she came down to Bournemouth for holidays and erm like it so much she brought the company . |
| 29 | She says are you coming down for Christmas and I said I do n't know yet . |
| 30 | She reached down for her handbag on the floor . |