Example sentences of "down for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 2 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |
| 3 | Sometimes Sheila got away from her family to come with her and she drove down for a few hours as well as now and again in the middle of the week . |
| 4 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 5 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
| 6 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 7 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |
| 8 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 9 | The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’ |
| 10 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 11 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 12 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |