Example sentences of "down for the [noun] " 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 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |
| 3 | The quality elements are the detailed procedures to be applied by centres or by SCOTVEC to ensure that assessment of candidates has accurately reflected the standards laid down for the award . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Wilson has the 200m butterfly , 400m and 1500m freestyle , while Purvis is down for the 200m backstroke , 400m freestyle , 50m , 100m and 200m butterfly . |
| 6 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 7 | Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors . |
| 8 | BBC closed down for the rest of the day , except for news . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | they come down for the course and they do n't have one . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 14 | We 're just down for the weekend to air the place out and run the heating . |
| 15 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 16 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 17 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 18 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 21 | ‘ Go down for the boys , Doug , and be smart , right ? |
| 22 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 23 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 24 | Comprehensively equipped with electric windows ( one touch up and down for the driver ) , central locking power mirrors and so on , the finish reflects the fact that they take a bit of trouble up in Sunderland . |
| 25 | Put the facts down for the specialist to see . |
| 26 | It 's a strange thing the way hotels in Scotland close down for the winter . |
| 27 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 30 | 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 . |