Example sentences of "settle down for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 2 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 3 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 4 | According to the Life of Thomas Hardy ‘ they found lodgings at the house of an invalided captain of smacks and ketches ; and Hardy , suspending his house-hunting , settled down for the autumn and winter to finish his fifth novel , The Hand of Ethelberta ’ . |
| 5 | Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months . |
| 6 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 7 | Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night . |
| 8 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night . |
| 10 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 11 | There was the evening meal to prepare and Rachel to wash , feed and settle down for the night . |
| 12 | Chimps make new nests every night , and to keep track of them , you have to be there before they rise , and keep up with them until they settle down for the night . |
| 13 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 14 | Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows . |
| 15 | The old house creaked in its joints like an old dog settling down for the night . |