Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A million nature lovers all over the country are being asked to show how much they care for the countryside in an innovative challenge from the RSPB . |
| 2 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 3 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 4 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 5 | Here they stood for a moment , looking round . |
| 6 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 7 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 8 | A track is laid to allow the camera to move smoothly , then they go for a take . |
| 9 | Then they go for a month to a , Sue 's going on a computing course for a day on the tenth of June , the date Clare goes to Brompton , Isle of Wight , so I 'll have to bring them home . |
| 10 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 12 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 13 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 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 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |
| 18 | and she helped him , cos he was n't well and they , then they send for an ambulance and at the the man , he was n't really well |
| 19 | There they stayed for a generation of misery . |
| 20 | We are interested here in finding out what the norms are within a single social stratum and how they function for the speakers : at this point in our work we have no justification for relating this pattern to social class differences . |
| 21 | How they worked for the dissidents , raised money , edited a Ukrainian language broadsheet . |
| 22 | No one in Brussels knew that the French had invaded ; instead they prepared for a duchess 's ball while a fat Prussian major paid for his roast chicken , finished his wine , then ambled slowly northwards . |
| 23 | Instead they argued for a simplicity of home life . |
| 24 | I mean either they opt for a family , or they opt for a job . |
| 25 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 26 | CELTIC aim to rewind the tape and produce an action replay at Parkhead tonight when they bid for a place in the third round of a European competition for the first time in nine years . |
| 27 | Is the Fire Officer given every individual case where they apply for a licence over an old people 's home , and er , this sort of thing ? |
| 28 | George and Myra 's home is in Kilbarchan from where they left for a week 's honeymoon enjoying candle lit cruises and the splendours of Amsterdam . |
| 29 | For those who reached the New World , a special station was built at the Castle Garden immigrant centre in New York where they entrained for the West . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't understand why they pose for the tourists , ’ she said , marvelling at how the huge hoods were wired to flare out in soft folds around each tightly wrapped skull . |