Example sentences of "down and [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 2 | Shrugging her superb shoulders , Comfort sat down and waited for his explanation . |
| 3 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 4 | The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone . |
| 5 | With a smile he put the rifle down and reached for the next in the stack at his side . |
| 6 | ‘ In fact , I did n't even know McCallen had n't started for I just got my head down and went for it from the fall of the flag . |
| 7 | Creggan stooped down and hovered for a moment over the carrion . |
| 8 | When he found that it was locked , he understood what his grandsons had done , and he sat down and wept for their hardness of heart . |
| 9 | As soon as they had turned the corner , however , he put his paper down and headed for the row of pay phones that lined the wall . |
| 10 | They have missed it , they are n't on it , they decided not to come — ’ At the far end of the train a door swung open and a man climbed down and shouted for a porter . |
| 11 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 12 | They sat down and talked for a short time . |
| 13 | I broke down and cried for fifteen minutes . |
| 14 | The next time out with me he broke down and cried for Constance . |
| 15 | I slammed the receiver down and stood for a second , congratulating myself on how well I had done , all things considered . |
| 16 | He sat down and fumbled for a cigarette . |