Example sentences of "had settle for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one or two early passages of arms , when Wheeler had first come into the post , in which it became apparent that Wheeler was prepared to be a good deal nastier to Ian than Ian was to him , Ian had settled for a civil service manner in which he made no attempt to contribute to the department 's thinking . |
| 2 | It was so hot outside that she had settled for an orange cheesecloth caftan , which she 'd jacked in with a belt of linked gold hippos . |
| 3 | Senator Jesse Helms ( Rep. , North Carolina ) had introduced a series of broader amendments in July , but had settled for the agreed measure . |
| 4 | Rovers dominated Friday night 's home game with Peterborough , but had to settle for a 1-1 draw , and King explained : ‘ Noone can say anything but good about the way we played . |
| 5 | Rovers dominated Friday night 's home game with Peterborough , but had to settle for a 1-1 draw , and King explained : ‘ Noone can say anything but good about the way we played . |
| 6 | Arsenal 4 , C Palace 1 IT WAS billed as the Ian Wright Show , but the Arsenal striker had to settle for a supporting role as Paul Merson stole the top honours , writes Paul Newman . |
| 7 | But the home side had to settle for a winning draw after St George 's finished on 175–7 , despite a 2–55 return from 16-year old slow left arm bowler Howard Jones on his debut . |
| 8 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |
| 9 | He would have preferred a special health-service pay factor , but had to settle for an above-average offer to the nurses , who most certainly were the priority group , having fallen badly behind over the previous ten years . |