Example sentences of "settle down for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dragon heaved a huge sigh of relief and politely turned his head to let out a huge smoky belch ; then he settled down for a dragon-like snooze . |
| 2 | Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When the tables had been cleared and those who could do so had entertained the rest with songs and recitations , the whole company settled down for a sing-song . |
| 7 | Formalities over , Patricia Pillmoor drew out a chair , pulled off her hat and settled down for a chat . |
| 8 | Maxim settled down for a gloomy evening . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 13 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 14 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months . |
| 17 | Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage . |
| 18 | Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Snuggling into his chair , he settled down for an hour or two 's tinkering . |
| 21 | Stowing her bag by her feet , Loretta settled down for an hour 's read . |
| 22 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |
| 23 | ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night . |
| 24 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 25 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 26 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 27 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 28 | ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk . |
| 29 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We will let the new legislation settle down for a year or so first , ’ he said . |