Example sentences of "[verb] to settle for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHANE MACGOWAN continues to enjoy his bottle of wine , while JON BEAST has to settle for a double chin . |
| 2 | The firm has now decided to settle for an apology from the youths , which will be published in the local press . |
| 3 | Esther had quite as hard a time of it as Annie , one might feel , but even so , Moore 's spirited novel can be thought to settle for an anodyne poverty . |
| 4 | Aches and pains sometimes ease up when the menopause is over but many of us will have to settle for a certain amount of back pain , headaches and limited movement from now on . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He might have to settle for a reserve place on Thursday . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour . |
| 12 | In fairness to Sarah he had wanted to devote a whole day to her , but the pressure of his work had made it impossible , and he had been forced to settle for an afternoon wedding , following a Governors ' meeting , so that he and his bride could depart for Chertsey on the last train . |
| 13 | Colin Montgomerie , a British Ryder Cup player last year , who was also making his first appearance , had a 72 but David Feherty , who played steadily for 12 holes , ran up a seven at the 13th and had to settle for a 73 . |
| 14 | Arsenal 4 , C Palace 1 IT WAS billed as the Ian Wright Show , but the Arsenal striker had to settle for a supporting role as Paul Merson stole the top honours , writes Paul Newman . |
| 15 | In the end we had to settle for a hurried and depressing buffet in the North British Hotel , with a menu which would not have been out of place at a Sunday-school picnic . |
| 16 | Chief executive Mr Baker , 54 , saw his earnings increase from £135,911 to £383,935 while his workers had to settle for a 5.5 per cent wage rise . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the end , he had to settle for a survey which had been carried out on a national scale by a well-known agency . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ( 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | GROSVENOR had to settle for a point from a Section II encounter with Mid Antrim despite dominating for most of the 70 minutes . |
| 25 | But the home side had to settle for a winning draw after St George 's finished on 175–7 , despite a 2–55 return from 16-year old slow left arm bowler Howard Jones on his debut . |
| 26 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |
| 27 | Rovers dominated Friday night 's home game with Peterborough , but had to settle for a 1-1 draw , and King explained : ‘ Noone can say anything but good about the way we played . |
| 28 | Rovers dominated Friday night 's home game with Peterborough , but had to settle for a 1-1 draw , and King explained : ‘ Noone can say anything but good about the way we played . |
| 29 | He would have preferred a special health-service pay factor , but had to settle for an above-average offer to the nurses , who most certainly were the priority group , having fallen badly behind over the previous ten years . |
| 30 | She could n't find one , so had to settle for an orange juice . |