Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for the night " in BNC.
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| 1 | We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials . |
| 2 | But , in accordance with inflexible routine , the great man had already retired for the night . |
| 3 | Many of these machines were indistinguishable in appearance from human beings , but not all — one of his stories described a race of intelligent motor-cars which , once parked for the night , would zoom away to sex orgies . |
| 4 | She wore her new heather-coloured cardigan ; a blue veil ( heather and scabious was her idea ) preserved her hair , carefully waved for the night . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps you would do well to rest for the night and journey on by daybreak , ’ said the Oak . |
| 6 | ‘ Tired by a long and laborious day 's walk under a burning sun , I frequently encamped for the night by the side of a river , a natural pond , or a water-hole , and before retiring to rest not unfrequently stretched my weary body on the river 's bank ; while thus reposing , the surface of the water was often disturbed by the little concentric circles formed by the Ornithorhynchus [ duck-billed platypus ] , or perhaps an Echnidna [ anteater ] came trotting up towards me . |
| 7 | When I reached the Old Street roundabout , it was time to pick an ultimate destination — which basically meant choosing somewhere to stay for the night . |
| 8 | * We marched for about two hours then stopped for the night and ate fish the Indians had caught in the river while they were waiting for us . |
| 9 | We 'll drive until we find somewhere to stop for the night . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll find somewhere else to stay for the night , ’ he said softly , rocking the tearful Katarina . |
| 11 | In the meantime , since she could n't physically throw him out , she would find somewhere else to stay for the night . |
| 12 | Hannah 's film was transmitted at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday , 30 January 1973 , to an audience approaching five million — a very respectable rating for a documentary shown at a time when most people are either retiring for the night or thinking about it . |