Example sentences of "[to-vb] down for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maurice was deserted , Maurice having been invited , as he quite often was , to go down for the day to Brighton . |
| 2 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 3 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 4 | There are a few of us ( 3 at mo — myself , a mate and Steve Walsh ) who want to come down for the Oxford match from Durham/Newcastle . |
| 5 | Carew was about to reach down for the attaché case resting against the leg of the chair when Harrison leaned forward towards him , his face contorted with bitterness and dislike . |
| 6 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 7 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 8 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 9 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 10 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 11 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |
| 12 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 13 | The base , a tent camp which is operated by Adventure Network International , is in the process of being run down ready to close down for the Antarctic winter . |