Example sentences of "[pers pn] down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson |
4 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
5 | ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster . |
6 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
7 | She do n't put him down for a minute , oh he feels insecure and he 's left his mummy and goes love his granny and come on your granny , I think oh carry on ! |
8 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |
9 | In his second defence of the title , against the man he had beaten to win it in June , Wharton 's awesome blows cut Carr above his left eye and then had him down for a count of eight and unable to defend himself when he regained his feet . |
10 | A left-hook hurt Ekubia in the sixth round , and then another put him down for a count of nine . |
11 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
12 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
13 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |
14 | 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 |
15 | So , hoisting her bag over her shoulder with an element of pride that for a brief moment made her lose sight of how important it was to try and pin him down for an interview , she made for the door . |
16 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
19 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
20 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
21 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
22 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
23 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |