Example sentences of "down for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another disruption to the troubled plant 's operation , Kozloduy 's second reactor was shut down for six days in early January after an escape of radioactive material from the central circulation pump . |
| 2 | the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference . |
| 3 | It is correct for most of the chapter with unc taken as a constant but breaks down for ferromagnetic materials , which will be discussed in Section 3.11 . |
| 4 | He strolled up and down for five minutes then , on the dot of ten , dropped the fat envelope through the letter-box of the apartment-house . |
| 5 | She wanted to wash her face and hands in cold water , if possible to lie down for five minutes . |
| 6 | Mum will you sit down for five minutes . |
| 7 | to sit down for five minutes after the tea , no the other one was , is that the biggest one ? , thanks , there you are |
| 8 | So I 've got time to sit down for five minutes before we go out ai n't I ? |
| 9 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 10 | Dods had his men down for extra training during the week and that had made all the difference , he said . |
| 11 | The biggest programme faces Foggo , who is down for 11 events , including her Olympic races of 400m and 800m freestyle , but she is unlikely to compete in them all . |
| 12 | Anyone sitting down for extensive periods ( as we all had to do in our school days ) would have to tense many of the body 's muscles in order to sit up straight . |
| 13 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |
| 14 | They said I had to lie down for two hours because I was going to be groggy , but I thought Fred would be worried . |
| 15 | Then slow the pace down for two minutes before hiking it up again . |
| 16 | And why is why is going upside down for two minutes twice a day gon na make it grow again ? |
| 17 | I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . |
| 18 | Michael Winner , on whose original story Likely Lads TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais based their script , had discovered , while studying at Cambridge University , a legal loophole that meant that ‘ borrowing ’ bicycles from his college to get to the office of the student newspaper Varsity , which he edited , did not constitute theft , although he was gated and sent down for two weeks . |
| 19 | He 'll not come down for two week ! |
| 20 | ( iii ) Draw off the cell suspension with a pipette and spin down for 8 min at 450 g ( it is our experience that thinner suspensions make better fixed preparations ) . |
| 21 | Spin down for 8 min at 450 g . |
| 22 | ( vii ) Spin down for 8 min at 450 g . |
| 23 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 24 | She has put she 's put herself down for one day at the end of her accounts to learn about accountancy and as Ian pointed out , it 's it 's it 's not a lot . |
| 25 | She would sit down for one minute and then she would go and warm herself beside Tom . |
| 26 | And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’ |
| 27 | Wrap the bandage around the injured limb , then spiral it up or down for one turn . |
| 28 | Got to put down for one thing is it ? |
| 29 | There are clearly — even just for music — a variety of options , and the school must eventually come down for one pattern of timing rather than another . |
| 30 | two sixty , if you 've got a bad phone it used to drag the paging down for all others , where if you 've got paint in the socket |