Example sentences of "[vb past] [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 | When he came in for the night some hours later he was still agitated and fretting . |
3 | At Myitkyina we camped out for the night in a mission schoolroom and early next morning managed to get a lift out to the airstrip two miles away . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | However , he was not thrown out , he was taken back to the station and locked up for the night . |
6 | 20.00 Prisoners return to cells ; locked up for the night |
7 | When the Watermen closed its doors , Connor locked up for the night and made his way upstairs . |
8 | It boded well for the night . |
9 | Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets . |
10 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
11 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
12 | Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
15 | Rex Mundi , Lazlo Woodbine and the two-headed offspring of a popular show-biz couple put up for the night in a room above the Tomorrowman Tavern . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | He does n't bring them safely home and , you know , have them all securely ti er closed in for the night in safety and security , he leaves them in the wilderness . |