Example sentences of "down for [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks real comfy there and I think about sitting down for a bit and watching telly , but I ai n't got nothing to sit on so I just carry on standing up . |
| 2 | A close-up crotch shot will eventually do little more than remind the reader that sex without affection is merely moving your legs up and down for a bit and then stopping . |
| 3 | Then they all settle down for a bit and design some mountains . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 6 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 7 | Ask if you can come down for a day or two . |
| 8 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 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 | ‘ We will let the new legislation settle down for a year or so first , ’ he said . |
| 11 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 12 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 13 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 14 | When they put the heavy bag down for a rest and looked back , Mister Johnny had gone . |
| 15 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 16 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 17 | and what have you come down for a meal and we used to sit with the landlord having a having a natter whilst having a few few drinks and er yeah he he used to say er when we went up what do you fancy tonight ? |
| 18 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 19 | Put that book down for a moment and pay attention . ’ |
| 20 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 21 | Mr Hatton sat down for a moment and dropped his head briefly into his hands . |
| 22 | But erm you need to come down , once we get the double glazing I 'll give you a shout and come down for a come down for a coffee and what have you . |
| 23 | Snuggling into his chair , he settled down for an hour or two 's tinkering . |
| 24 | Her hair was put up with rhinestone forget-me-nots instead of diamanté ones and when her friend Mr Lewis says : ‘ might I divest you of your plastic mac ? ’ the whole process shut down for an hour or so whilst six fairly literate people racked their brains for a ‘ mac ’ substitute . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be . |
| 27 | they come down for the course and they do n't have one . |
| 28 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 29 | On this occasion , everything was shut down for the night but in the morning when the armourers were about to start work , something went wrong . |
| 30 | And was still wondering some half an hour later when Rosa had settled her down for the night but frustration , sharper than any pangs of hunger , was keeping her awake . |