Example sentences of "i settle down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had gone , I settled down to the potato and made a mug of tea . |
| 2 | I found that if I settled down to the tape and the life of Apricot Smith , I became quite comfortable . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , I settled down with a new teacher for both piano and violin . |
| 5 | I settled down at the kitchen table with a jug of fresh orange juice , a bowl of fruit at my elbow , and the newspapers before me . |
| 6 | After a time I settled down into a routine of work , sleep and having a good time — and not necessarily in that order . |
| 7 | Accordingly , when I arrived there , I settled down in a pew at the back and nodded off . |
| 8 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 9 | Armed with the yellow pages and a mug of coffee , I settled down by the telephone . |
| 10 | She said : ‘ It is a trip of a lifetime and something I want to do before I settle down with a career . |