Example sentences of "they come for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erika knew the words of a Protestant pastor , himself tortured and executed by the Gestapo : ‘ First they came for the Jews — and we said nothing . |
| 2 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 3 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 4 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |
| 5 | And then they came for us , and there was no one left to defend us . ’ |
| 6 | They came for glory and found themselves huddled together in the smallest of Whalley Range bedsits . |
| 7 | He recorded that the stone was overturned as a result of his visit , as ‘ … some tinners in the contiguous country , of these gentlemen , believed that they came for treasure ’ . |
| 8 | Worst of all they leave without what they came for . |
| 9 | He went back to bed and wept until they came for him . |
| 10 | On reflection , though , he decided it would be unfair to leave his younger brother to face this alone , and he waited till they came for him . |
| 11 | Nicholas received them all himself , saying that ‘ It might be hoped that they came for their own good or his own , for he lived to make himself or others better . ’ |
| 12 | They came for help at a point when Mary was starting to pull her sister 's hair violently and scratch her face in anger . |
| 13 | They came for a draw and got it . |
| 14 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 18 | They came for the climate , the charm of the river , and the antiquities . |
| 19 | ‘ They came for a weekend just before we left Starlings . ’ |
| 20 | They came for six months after seven day wonder , something had happened to us . |
| 21 | And I 've no idea what they came for or what they took . ’ |
| 22 | Yes they came for for their holidays . |
| 23 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
| 24 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 25 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 26 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 27 | Then they came for me and then there was nobody to bother and that was the end of it . |
| 28 | They came for him this afternoon , Geoffrey says . |
| 29 | Yes they came for the other islands . |
| 30 | , and they came for eighteen months , two years , at the end of which the quality of the work had deteriorated , price was rocketing up |