Example sentences of "and settle [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap . |
| 2 | A band played and onlookers waved and cheered as men , women and children wedged themselves into the tub carriages and settled down for a good day out . |
| 3 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Formalities over , Patricia Pillmoor drew out a chair , pulled off her hat and settled down for a chat . |
| 6 | Had there been no — and certainly no just-arrived audience — It would have been utterly lovely to have taken the phone and settled down for a chat , to be inspired and encouraged as always by the love you offer your friends and by your own zest for life physical and things spiritual . |
| 7 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 8 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 9 | So far so good : then you select a soiled dish , collect some scraps from the garbage , and settle down for a short wait . |
| 10 | It 's a chance for them to forget the washing up and their household chores , put their feet up and settle down for a comfortable snooze in front of their favourite television programme ( which really does n't sound much different from normal , does it ? ) |