Example sentences of "settled down for the " in BNC.

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1 Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets .
2 An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night .
3 When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets .
4 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 ’ .
5 Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months .
6 Pipes and cigarettes glowed in the darkness as we settled down for the six-hour passage .
7 Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night .
8 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 .
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