Example sentences of "have settled down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Over the years it has settled down to the equivalent of ‘ dinner for two ’ , thus about £60 in 1990 in Greenock . |
2 | He had settled down on the settee , watching her every move as she 'd put the kettle on and taken salad and cold meat from the fridge . |
3 | Some of the journalists had already left ; others had settled down to the serious business of getting drunk . |
4 | 52 and National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King , 47 T.L.R. 110 ) , the law had settled down in the form which I have indicated . |
5 | After they had settled down among the bushes , we used to take these do you see . |
6 | Two days later the sea had settled down after the prolonged gale and we headed north once more through the rock strewn channels and islands . |
7 | I like the way the lambs have settled down in the field have n't they ? |