Example sentences of "down [conj] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On current spending education was essentially stabilised in real volume terms for over a decade , and the rates of growth in health and personal social services slowed down or ceased for some periods . |
| 2 | Have carpenters ready to cut off their tusks ; then , at the spot where the tower is to be built , you must lie down and sleep for seven nights with your head pillowed on the sack of basil . |
| 3 | Rotas for house cleaning , loo disinfecting , washing up , cooker cleaning and decisions about kitty and shopping for basic shared commodities such as tea , coffee , loo paper , need to be clearly written down and displayed for all to see . |
| 4 | Slithering through damp meadows at night , wriggling over rocks and up waterfalls , even finding their way into mountain streams , ten thousand feet up in the Alps — in these resting spots , they settle down and live for many years . |
| 5 | and erm and erm I would really formally ask the board if , if there is any objection to our deliberations being recorded and taken down and used for another purpose . |
| 6 | I broke down and cried for fifteen minutes . |
| 7 | When he gets home he will sit down and weep for all his hopes and plans and dreams . |