Example sentences of "[vb pp] down for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writer Brad Darrach , who had flown down for an interview with Hopper , described the scene that developed : ‘ By mid-afternoon , the games became serious . |
| 2 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 5 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |
| 6 | He was turned down for an insurance policy on the grounds that he was too old . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Good , Fox is on remand in Saughton , I 'll get him brought down for an ID parade , Strathclyde will bring Dalton through for us . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ Yanto began hastily , ‘ I was told he got pinned down for a week in no-man 's land during the battle of the Somme in 1916 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I recall my own final visit to the farm where he was allowed down for an hour and where the flame was rekindled for that period sufficiently for us to forget his illness and think only that the old Nye had been restored . |
| 18 | The Shell-owned Eider oil production platform , with 38 people on board , was shut down for a while . |
| 19 | It 's been shut down for a fortnight , it 's all getting modernized and all that , upgraded . |