Example sentences of "[vb pp] down for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
4 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | But Peter Hickton was only slowed down for a moment . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | The Shell-owned Eider oil production platform , with 38 people on board , was shut down for a while . |
15 | It 's been shut down for a fortnight , it 's all getting modernized and all that , upgraded . |