Example sentences of "down for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't !
2 We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’
3 ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk .
4 It 's not like us nipping down for a pint with the vicar ! ’
5 Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal .
6 Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath .
7 Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time .
8 I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep .
9 The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water .
10 Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth .
11 ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks .
12 If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening .
13 Tod held his head down for a couple of minutes , then sloped off .
14 Just put your papers down for a couple of minutes please .
15 Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’
16 and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days .
17 ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster .
18 At one point he had to slow down for a distance of several miles .
19 For sure , Disneyhood wo n't be challenging Swans in the heavyweight ring just yet , but they frequently flourish a muscular grip on proceedings , ultimately putting their collective foot down for a finale of ‘ Sight Return ’ , intimidating in its volume and velocity .
20 Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’
21 ‘ I lay down for a rest after lunch and was about to drift into sleep when there was a definite pop inside me , which made me think my waters had broken .
22 We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV .
23 Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid .
24 Can you sit down for a while after that ?
25 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 .
26 I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them .
27 ‘ 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 .
28 In the middle of digging they all sat down for a mug of tea .
29 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 .
30 But in that 11th , Benn was the Dark Destroyer of old , first knocking Piper down for a count of eight with three big rights and a sweet left hook and then punching him all round the ring — blood spurting from Piper 's mouth with every blow — until referee Larry O'Connell mercifully stopped it .
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