Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb past] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One of these had married an Indian Christian doctor , and together they worked for the sick and wounded , although badly handicapped by the lack of medicines .
2 Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico .
3 Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico .
4 Then they left for the 13-mile drive to their luxurious home at Corston , near Bath .
5 No doubt the privies , there were two of them , were much appreciated by the tenants , but one wonders how they managed for the previous two or three years .
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