Example sentences of "down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 34 | We 're just down for the weekend to air the place out and run the heating . |
| 35 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 38 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | One cafe and clothesshop owner says he was forced to close down for the weekend . |
| 41 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | Put the facts down for the specialist to see . |
| 44 | It 's a strange thing the way hotels in Scotland close down for the winter . |
| 45 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 50 | ‘ One of them places where they have rooms for drivers to kip down for the night . |
| 51 | At dusk , passing through the countryside , everything was slowing down for the night . |
| 52 | When these shops close down for the night , the sound of heavy breathing from their stock must rival that of a porn cinema . |
| 53 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 54 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 55 | On this occasion , everything was shut down for the night but in the morning when the armourers were about to start work , something went wrong . |
| 56 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 57 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 58 | Nicholson , who is being paid a handsome £5 million , is reported to have immersed himself so completely in the part that he wanders around the set mumbling the notorious Hoffa 's favourite phrases — even after the cameras have shut down for the night . |
| 59 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 60 | There was the evening meal to prepare and Rachel to wash , feed and settle down for the night . |