Example sentences of "settle down for the night " 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 Strung out along the shelf between hill and vale , with outposts covering every approach , the army settled down for the night .
5 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 .
6 ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night .
7 There was the evening meal to prepare and Rachel to wash , feed and settle down for the night .
8 Chimps make new nests every night , and to keep track of them , you have to be there before they rise , and keep up with them until they settle down for the night .
9 Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires .
10 Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows .
11 The old house creaked in its joints like an old dog settling down for the night .
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