Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires .
2 ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end .
3 I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit .
4 At dusk , passing through the countryside , everything was slowing down for the night .
5 Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows .
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