Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] down for the " 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 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 3 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 4 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 5 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 6 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 7 | On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb . |
| 8 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |
| 9 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |
| 10 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |
| 11 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 12 | You write to an imaginary friend , you 're inviting him down for the summer holidays and you say all that , all about the sort of things that you 're planning to do with them , make it up |
| 13 | Once all the for the rth generation have been determined , we can write them down for the ( r+1 ) th generation using ( 8.3 ) . |
| 14 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 15 | A 1–0 result that should settle us down for the coming weeks especially with Liverpool and Arsenal back to back . |
| 16 | You held her down for the other one . |