Example sentences of "[be] [verb] down for a " in BNC.
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1 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
2 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
3 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
4 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
5 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
6 | ‘ I 'm coming down for a night , ’ said Louise . |
7 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
8 | The following techniques are outlawed under s3 : restricting the right to bid to more than one article ; goods being knocked down for a price less than the highest bid ; or where there are " free " gifts . |
9 | It 's been shut down for a fortnight , it 's all getting modernized and all that , upgraded . |
10 | When he 's settling down for a sleep … |
11 | ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end . |
12 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
13 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
14 | I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit . |
15 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
16 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |
17 | Clearly suffering from the after-effects of a hip injury , she was knocked down for a koka — just three points — by the Soviet Elena Petrova , but it was enough to wipe out her hopes of a third consecutive world title . |
18 | The Shell-owned Eider oil production platform , with 38 people on board , was shut down for a while . |