Example sentences of "the [noun] down for [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy .
2 Michelle has been paralysed from the chest down for the past 11 years — the result , she claims , of a routine jaw operation she underwent at Poole General Hospital in November 1982 .
3 He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club .
4 As he pushed the nose down for the final approach , he extended down the undercarriage .
5 Yeah , can you put me down , the name down for the , alright , okay .
6 She put two of the bags down for a rest , and used her free hand to push her dyed black hair back from her eyes .
7 About three weeks after Minch had gone , the Sweeper came by one evening just when the Men were shutting the Zoo down for the night .
8 I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard .
9 He said : ‘ It was always my intention to spend a couple of years looking at everyone with international potential , qualify for Sweden and then settle the squad down for the World Cup .
10 Put the facts down for the specialist to see .
11 You feel you have to batten the house down for the night
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