Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] down for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
2 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
3 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
4 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
12 | And when she went down for a cup of tea , her mother mentioned casually that Parr had gone to Belfast , not to England as expected , although she did not know why . |
13 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
14 | Er when we have erm when you come down for , you know if if if we decide that this is for you , er when you come down for a training course they expect to see a car . |
15 | and what have you come down for a meal and we used to sit with the landlord having a having a natter whilst having a few few drinks and er yeah he he used to say er when we went up what do you fancy tonight ? |
16 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
17 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
18 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
19 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
20 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
21 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
22 | Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’ |
23 | The service started with our opening carol , ‘ Away in a Manger ’ and continued with all the normal Christmas readings ; after the gospel we sat down for the nativity play , which was performed by a section from the armoured car squadron . |
24 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
25 | ‘ Tell you what , see if you can persuade him to come down for an X-ray . |
26 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
27 | Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months . |
28 | ‘ Good , Fox is on remand in Saughton , I 'll get him brought down for an ID parade , Strathclyde will bring Dalton through for us . |
29 | I ca n't see him sitting down for a quiet civilized three cornered discussion . ’ |
30 | they come down for the course and they do n't have one . |