Example sentences of "have settle for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have liked a more advanced drawing course , but as that is not on offer has settled for a painting course . |
| 2 | ‘ Three weeks ago we would have settled for a situation like this . |
| 3 | Denied ‘ I would have settled for a point , ’ said Little . |
| 4 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |
| 5 | He looked at her in silence for several long moments , but instead of denying the accusation he said , ‘ As my acting hostess I expect you to know what they 're like , otherwise it will be impossible for you to explain that honeymooners expecting luxury suites with king-sized beds will have to settle for a roll in the hay . ’ |
| 6 | But Dixon , who spent nine years at Stamford Bridge , may have to settle for a place on the subs ' bench as he continues his return from a back injury . |
| 7 | Yet Thomas , 17 , who made a scoring debut as a substitute last week , could have to settle for a place on the bench again as Hearts look to John Robert- son and Ian Ferguson to shoulder the responsibility in attack . |
| 8 | Vinny grinned : ‘ The boss subjected our earholes to a bit of GBH and we came back so strongly we were a bit sick at having to settle for a point after going 3-2 up . ’ |
| 9 | Ireland 's Conor Henry , last year 's overall winner , went down in sixth place overall and looks likely to have to settle for a placing . |
| 10 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 11 | In the end , he had to settle for a survey which had been carried out on a national scale by a well-known agency . |
| 12 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
| 13 | Instead , he had to settle for a chemist 's shop , and though he still tried to behave like a doctor , it did n't work . |
| 14 | ( George McCluskey had to settle for a place on the bench , which opened the door for Tom Brown , who just a few months ago was playing Junior football with Glenafton . |
| 15 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 16 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 17 | GROSVENOR had to settle for a point from a Section II encounter with Mid Antrim despite dominating for most of the 70 minutes . |