Example sentences of "[adv] for the night " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night . |
| 2 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll be all right for the night . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 're on for the night then ? ’ |
| 5 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 6 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 7 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 8 | ‘ One of them places where they have rooms for drivers to kip down for the night . |
| 9 | At dusk , passing through the countryside , everything was slowing down for the night . |
| 10 | When these shops close down for the night , the sound of heavy breathing from their stock must rival that of a porn cinema . |
| 11 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
| 12 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 13 | On this occasion , everything was shut down for the night but in the morning when the armourers were about to start work , something went wrong . |
| 14 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 15 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 16 | Nicholson , who is being paid a handsome £5 million , is reported to have immersed himself so completely in the part that he wanders around the set mumbling the notorious Hoffa 's favourite phrases — even after the cameras have shut down for the night . |
| 17 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 18 | There was the evening meal to prepare and Rachel to wash , feed and settle down for the night . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | About three weeks after Minch had gone , the Sweeper came by one evening just when the Men were shutting the Zoo down for the night . |
| 21 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night . |
| 23 | Out of the short-wave receiver comes a scratchy-hum , and for a few bleary seconds I think it 's a radio station closed down for the night . |
| 24 | Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night . |
| 25 | He stopped then , and picked her up , shouldering his way into the bedroom with the large double bed already turned down for the night . |
| 26 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
| 27 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 28 | It was dark and well stormy by the time I got to the Aurora Corona Rest Home and the residents were probably battened down for the night . |
| 29 | Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows . |
| 30 | The old house creaked in its joints like an old dog settling down for the night . |