Example sentences of "settle [adv prt] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I settled in for a relaxed , warm overview on the world high up in the comfy cab . |
| 2 | Eliza settled in for a four-month stint of painting and drawing . |
| 3 | The restaurant was subdued as the Conservative Party 's young ‘ spin doctors ’ settled in for a brisk dinner . |
| 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 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 6 | Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap . |
| 7 | Maxim settled down for a gloomy evening . |
| 8 | The dragon heaved a huge sigh of relief and politely turned his head to let out a huge smoky belch ; then he settled down for a dragon-like snooze . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Everyone quietly settled down for a long wait . |
| 11 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 12 | ‘ If I wanted to settle down for a quiet read I 'd prefer the Kensington public library . |
| 13 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ? ) |
| 15 | So far so good : then you select a soiled dish , collect some scraps from the garbage , and settle down for a short wait . |
| 16 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |