Example sentences of "down for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 32 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
| 33 | So far so good : then you select a soiled dish , collect some scraps from the garbage , and settle down for a short wait . |
| 34 | Things would quieten down for a little while and the huddles be reformed , but before long there was the crack of a whip and a pony and trap would dash down the field . |
| 35 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 40 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
| 41 | Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again . |
| 42 | " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? " |
| 43 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |
| 44 | The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’ |
| 45 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 46 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |
| 47 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 48 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |
| 49 | WORLD champions Germany fought back from 3–0 down for a 3–3 US Cup draw with Brazil in Washington . |
| 50 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 51 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 52 | I ca n't see him sitting down for a quiet civilized three cornered discussion . ’ |
| 53 | C.Z. style : Mrs Guest ( main picture ) dresses down for a dressed up evening in Adolfo 's chocolate chenille cardigan jacket and sequin striped T-shirt , with cut velvet georgette skirts and splendid pearls . |
| 54 | Even when reviews do exist , tracking them down for a particular title can be difficult . |
| 55 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 56 | ‘ I went to the restaurant and put the money down for a large brandy . |
| 57 | She turned herself over in her bed , and snuggled down for an extra , self-indulgent and rare hour of sleep . |
| 58 | Then , by pure chance — but seeing it as an act of providence — she had heard Lin Foh call down for an early supper , for him and his CI5 guardian . |
| 59 | Wharton has a big-money fight with Sheffield 's Fidel Castro , formerly Slugger O'Toole , with his title and Castro 's British title on the line , after producing awesome punching that cut Carr , put him down for an eight count and forced referee Dave Parris step in after 2min 7sec . |
| 60 | He plunged down for an interminable second , arms and legs splayed out in abandon , forgotten , tumbling anyhow , and crashed onto the stage on his back , lying across Bothwell , whose cloak was the colour of blood . |