Example sentences of "and settled [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosa adjusted the cold compress on her forehead , and settled back on a chair against the wall , watching Cati as she lay . |
| 2 | New pop had rapidly lost its mischief and settled down into a post-rock , post-teenage maturity , peddling naff fantasies of sophistication to a new generation of moneyed teeny-boppers whose only desire was to grow up as soon as possible . |
| 3 | Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap . |
| 4 | A band played and onlookers waved and cheered as men , women and children wedged themselves into the tub carriages and settled down for a good day out . |
| 5 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 6 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 7 | Formalities over , Patricia Pillmoor drew out a chair , pulled off her hat and settled down for a chat . |
| 8 | Had there been no — and certainly no just-arrived audience — It would have been utterly lovely to have taken the phone and settled down for a chat , to be inspired and encouraged as always by the love you offer your friends and by your own zest for life physical and things spiritual . |
| 9 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 10 | They reached the auto-route du Soleil and settled down to a steady ninety kilometres an hour . |
| 11 | Markby ‘ did the honours ’ and settled down in a vast , chintz-covered , feather-cushioned armchair . |
| 12 | LGCM survived and settled down in an office in Bethnal Green . |