Example sentences of "be [verb] down for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 3 | The publicity the film attracted in Cannes followed Nicholson back to America where it was due for New York opening in July which , as Karen Black told me later , was an odd time : ‘ It was a college film and so it goes on release at exactly the same time as the colleges are closing down for the summer and everyone is going home . ’ |
| 4 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
| 5 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 6 | To reduce the possibility of the lining materials , used for the construction of walls and ceilings , contributing to the initial fire spread within the building , performance standards are laid down for the reaction to fire of the materials used for the exposed surfaces . |
| 7 | Under English evidential law , specific provisions are laid down for the submission and use of computer records in court . |
| 8 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 9 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 10 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 11 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 12 | Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm coming down for a night , ’ said Louise . |
| 15 | How then can the term ‘ mass medium ’ be pinned down for the period 1945 — 90 ? |
| 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 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 18 | They can be blotted down for an even more subtle finish , if you prefer , then topped with a dewy lipgloss . |
| 19 | In the Newport hundreds , where the level of lay assessments was low and left substantially unchanged by the subsidy , the proportion of wealth owned by the Church was much higher than in the more advanced Chilterns , not only in 1522 but also after the initial assessments had been scaled down for the subsidy . |
| 20 | You may laugh , but already deposits worth £30,000 have been put down for the book and at least 5,000 people have telephoned bookshops to express an interest . |
| 21 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 22 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 23 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 26 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 27 | It 's been shut down for a fortnight , it 's all getting modernized and all that , upgraded . |
| 28 | All you have to do is look down for the B numbers , now |
| 29 | he 's applied to the Metropolitan police , he 's going down for an interview in June |
| 30 | When he 's settling down for a sleep … |