Example sentences of "[verb] down for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 2 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 3 | The team will play to the rules laid down for the 1992 World Cup . |
| 4 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 5 | So Morag when she came down , came down for the whole week . |
| 6 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 7 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 8 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 9 | The last time this happened I just managed to catch a glimpse of his two black eyes , going down for the third time , before I landed him . |
| 10 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 11 | LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed . |
| 12 | Piloted by Hoof Proudfoot , the Lightning flew with the undercarriage locked down for the 35 minute flight back to base . |
| 13 | But this also breaks down for the same reason and so we resolve the problem by taking what is valid from thesis and antithesis to form a synthesis . |
| 14 | The golf course is where Nigel Mansell cools down for the next race … and that next race is Silverstone and the British Grand Prix … forget Monaco and Monza … for our Nigel British is still the best … |
| 15 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 16 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 17 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 18 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 19 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 20 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 21 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 22 | The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 . |
| 23 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 24 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 25 | Marr watches ‘ Ouija Board ’ go down for the last time |
| 26 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 27 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The idea seemed to fit Lucy 's current expression , as though all hands had already gone down for the third time . |
| 30 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |