Example sentences of "down for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |
| 2 | In the wide centre space , where one box alone stood along one wall , there was a comfortable chair for the redoubtable Ms Brown , along with a table , equipment lockers , a refrigerator and a heavy plastic water tank with a tap low down for the filling of buckets . |
| 3 | Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors . |
| 4 | BBC closed down for the rest of the day , except for news . ’ |
| 5 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
| 6 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 7 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 8 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 9 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 10 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 11 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 12 | Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip . |
| 13 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
| 14 | Maurice was deserted , Maurice having been invited , as he quite often was , to go down for the day to Brighton . |
| 15 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 16 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 17 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 18 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 21 | Malcolm Edwards , British Coal 's commercial director , told an electricity conference in London that the corporation was prepared to enter supply deals lasting eight years — the same period set down for the bulk of initial contracts between privatised electricity generators and distribution companies . |
| 22 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 23 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 24 | I think that it was when he got turned down for the job of a bus conductor . |
| 25 | Extend down for the line of the cable run |