Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for the winter " in BNC.
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| 1 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 2 | I suppose he 'll take it easy now and try to strengthen up for the winter |
| 3 | Sotheby 's will be hoping that their clients ' wallets have not been laid up for the winter together with their yachts . |
| 4 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 5 | The colleges were back at the end of September , holidays had ended , the metropolis was beginning to settle down for the winter . |
| 6 | It 's a strange thing the way hotels in Scotland close down for the winter . |
| 7 | Ruari and Ranald normally lazed about , cut peat , or borrowed a boat and rowed out to do a bit fishing to stock up for the winter , while Luch did her usual tasks and her usual check on the baby — the babies , now — in the bower . |
| 8 | Sensibly , as they generally sail for pleasure , most yachtsmen ( encouraged by their insurance companies ) lay up for the winter . |
| 9 | And the other one , seeing as it was like September October , getting cold , my mum said well the bed 's empty , you might as well come in for the winter and stay here . |
| 10 | On Rochester , Woodie was getting ready to lay up for the winter . |
| 11 | The middle reach was occupied by small craft , mostly laying up for the winter , some of them already double lashed down under weather-cloths . |