Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realise that they looked for a family atmosphere , but is imposing this solution in such an arbitrary way really in the best interests of the game ? |
| 2 | Anthropologists , following Evans-Pritchard 's lead , have reacted against this way of seeing primitive , or non-literate , peoples , and maintained that they do not act as they do for the same reasons that neurotics act in Western society . |
| 3 | This is precisely what Robson , Jennings , and Willis were advocating since they argued for the rationalization of our haphazard arrangements for tribunals with an appellate jurisdiction vested in an administrative appeal tribunal which would be separate from the High Court . |
| 4 | Courts may be important less for what they do than for what they are : their existence makes social workers pause before they apply for an order . |
| 5 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 6 | ‘ I had no idea it was so beautiful around here , ’ Lisa murmured as they paused for a moment on a promontory to admire the view that stretched out before them . |
| 7 | It starts raining and they rush for the car , where they have an afternoon sleep . |
| 8 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
| 9 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 10 | The minutes dragged while they listened for the first hum of the approaching helicopter . |
| 11 | of cases , rape is by someone known to the victim , so women are not at risk from every man they happen to encounter when they go for a walk on a dark night . |
| 12 | Ideas , according to Berkeley , are particulars whose significance is explained by saying that they stand for the things they represent . |
| 13 | ‘ Using Moorsbus is one way of the public saying that they care for the future of the moors . |
| 14 | Their necks stretched as they tried for a beak hold . |
| 15 | you know they went and they tried for the erm flying business . |
| 16 | They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all . |
| 17 | Berg implies that they settled for a stable relationship , Frances acting the perfect Hollywood wife and ultimately finding consolation in religion , while Sam 's unspent emotions were burned off in work . |
| 18 | Newspapers were quietly folded and they headed for the hills . |
| 19 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 20 | ‘ Well over one third of those questioned in our survey said that they waited for the sales to make major purchases . |
| 21 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 22 | She and Marcus looked at me , she shrugged and they talked for a while . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 24 | We spoke in earlier chapters of people 's search for meaning as they look for the person who has died , and saw that at such times a sortie into faith healing or clairvoyance is quite common . |