Example sentences of "[to-vb] [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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 6 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh well , I do n't think this is the kind of place you have to put them down for at birth . |
| 8 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 9 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 10 | If we examine God not as protagonist and moral bully but as author of this story , we have to mark him down for plot , motivation , suspense and characterisation . |
| 11 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 12 | Nothing had ever been able to keep her down for long — another advantage of her Arian birth-sign , her mother would have insisted . |
| 13 | Angela is planning a traditional wedding but the dresses she had seen were too romantic and frilly , and she was unsure about what to do with her make-up as she normally wears quite strong colours but felt she wanted to tone them down for her wedding day . |
| 14 | sort of get that er sort of er get a , a neat copy run off we might be able to get it down for repro to reprographics in time for er Tuesday week with a bit of luck |
| 15 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster . |
| 17 | Eyeing Gwen Bear , she wondered if she ought to take her down for company , then gave an enchanting little giggle . |
| 18 | And I think Willi is about to sit us down for one of his gargantuan dinners . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Jefferies featured strongly in the confessions of Ivan Boesky and he is quoted in an American magazine this month as saying : ‘ If the government was going to bring me down for something like this , I am going to bring down a lot of other people with me ’ . |
| 20 | I 've been trying to pin him down for weeks . ’ |