Example sentences of "down for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister had his head down for the vast majority of the speech , assiduously following the whole of the 57 pages either to avoid the accusatory , glaring eyes of the Opposition or to check that his Chancellor did not deviate from the text . |
| 2 | As he pushed the nose down for the final approach , he extended down the undercarriage . |
| 3 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 4 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 5 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 6 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 7 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |
| 8 | There is only , well there are sixteen hours that er that Norman 's put down for the total technical work supervision on the job , I would have thought that perhaps that might be quite tight , er you know bearing in mind that it 's maybe a job that requires a |
| 9 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 10 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 11 | The base , a tent camp which is operated by Adventure Network International , is in the process of being run down ready to close down for the Antarctic winter . |
| 12 | I put her name down for the local hospice without her permission , because although she defiantly insisted she did n't want anything to do with it , I thought things might change as she deteriorated . |
| 13 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 14 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 15 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 16 | So Morag when she came down , came down for the whole week . |
| 17 | If one suspect confesses and implicates the other , who does not confess , the confessor will go free as a reward for cooperation , while the partner is sent down for the maximum sentence , 10 years . |
| 18 | Another £100.000 was put down for the National Union of Journalists , despite its clear and well-known policy of not investing in newspapers because of the inevitable conflict of interest in its role as champion of higher wages for journalists . |
| 19 | The scarfing is very subtle and follows the natural grain of the wood almost perfectly , but I think it may be a little low down for the strengthening job it was designed to fulfil . |
| 20 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 21 | Michelle has been paralysed from the chest down for the past 11 years — the result , she claims , of a routine jaw operation she underwent at Poole General Hospital in November 1982 . |
| 22 | A 1–0 result that should settle us down for the coming weeks especially with Liverpool and Arsenal back to back . |