Example sentences of "down [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 27 May , though , things had quietened down sufficiently for a daring ( or foolhardy ) party to charter a steamboat from Batavia ( now Djakarta ) and sail out to the islands to see what was going on . |
| 2 | By March things had settled down sufficiently for the DCAC to mount a mass demonstration which successfully traversed the original 5 October route — this time without diversions , but this was the last occasion on which the DCAC was able to organise a peaceful mass demonstration . |
| 3 | If the oil film breaks down momentarily for a very short period of time that little bit of carbon that four percent carbon in the cast iron will actually stop the aluminium sticking to the cylinder . |
| 4 | New Barnes School is the subject of a separate investigation by the police and social services into child abuse and has remained closed since it shut down early for the Summer break . |
| 5 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
| 6 | This goes down well for a while , until the ‘ MC ’ puppet finally orders them to ‘ kindly leave the stage ’ or to be quiet . |
| 7 | Hood : a well-shaped hood which closes down well for a snug fit . |
| 8 | Therese , could you come down here for a moment ? |
| 9 | I knew I 'd got kids written down here for a reason . |
| 10 | Do n't forget , we only came down here for a drink . |
| 11 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 12 | Have n't been down here for a while . |
| 13 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
| 14 | and er they 're coming down here for the morning she always does it |
| 15 | No she ai n't , cos she ai n't coming down here for the and I told her that we would be nipping to town to so we can do it then when she ai n't with me , the offer 's only on till tomorrow . |
| 16 | And each man , or perhaps been one or two men doing the one jo the one order and they was each responsible for their own and then you 'd got ta put your name down sometimes for a machine you know . |
| 17 | The great Waka Nathan touched down twice for the All Blacks . |
| 18 | From her they had learned that Jerome Fanshawe had a bungalow at Eastover between Eastbourne and Seaford and that he and his wife and daughter had driven down there for a week 's holiday on May 17th . |
| 19 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |
| 20 | His mother reassured him , 'people often go down there with their dogs ; do n't worry , I 'm sure he would n't hurt you , but perhaps you should n't go down there for a week or two , David . ’ |
| 21 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 22 | The owners of Land 's End are experts at the game and my friend Des Hannigan , who 's been working as a journalist down there for a few years , tells me they spray press releases at the local media with mad abandon . |
| 23 | Yeah yes the we went to we used to go down there for a day to Skeggie . |
| 24 | Settled down there for a while . |
| 25 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 26 | As we said earlier on , he had been they had been travelling through and Jesus had se settled down there for a while and sent his disciples into a , th a nearby town across the frontier , er to get some food and some provisions , er to last them for the remainder of their journey and Jesus is just sitting there by this well , he 's tired , he 's thirsty , weary and hungry , just waiting there and then this lady comes to draw water from the well . |
| 27 | I was supposed to have a meeting on with erm , a couple of guys from the British Coal Enterprise down in Middlesbrough with , but unfortunately again the weather caught all of them out and they decided not to come , but did n't occur to them to say they would n't come , so I sat down there for an hour , and eventually managed to find a phone number and get in contact and the guy was still there , and he said oh no I 'm not coming up . |
| 28 | I mean he said down Southall Road they was always claiming down there for an armchair |
| 29 | I had to go down there for the preview and then go down and bid . |
| 30 | And you could see an example of ecotourism and also check out Ametra 2001 — it 's a centre down there for the study of traditional medicine . ’ |