Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] down for the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly .
3 On application they literally digest smells by producing enzymes which attack the source of the odour , breaking it down for the bacteria to absorb .
4 She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend .
5 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
6 Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them .
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