Example sentences of "down for [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | AN EERIE silence will descend on the steel town of Motherwell next weekend when the big Ravenscraig strip mill winds down for a long and unwelcome seasonal break . |
2 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
3 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
4 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |
5 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
6 | He hired a car and took the boy down for a long weekend at the St. Mellion Golf and Country Club . |
7 | By this time , Lou and Charlie had moved too — the business had been running down for a long period and there was no point in staying in a flat over a shop that did n't exist any more . |
8 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |