Example sentences of "[noun] down for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
| 2 | Michelle has been paralysed from the chest down for the past 11 years — the result , she claims , of a routine jaw operation she underwent at Poole General Hospital in November 1982 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house . |
| 5 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
| 6 | Eyes down for a full house and a long run . |
| 7 | Eyes down for a full house . |
| 8 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 9 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
| 10 | As he pushed the nose down for the final approach , he extended down the undercarriage . |
| 11 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 12 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister had his head down for the vast majority of the speech , assiduously following the whole of the 57 pages either to avoid the accusatory , glaring eyes of the Opposition or to check that his Chancellor did not deviate from the text . |
| 14 | The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’ |
| 15 | The scarfing is very subtle and follows the natural grain of the wood almost perfectly , but I think it may be a little low down for the strengthening job it was designed to fulfil . |