Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb past] [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said .
2 Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot .
3 The other classic Ce Ce Rogers anthem lifted from the vaults and dusted down for rerelease .
4 He screwed up the note into small pieces and looked around for others .
5 At the same function RFU secretary Dudley Wood said that the problem is worse in France , where the national club championship is the dominating force , whilst the president added that the RFU had twice been prepared to act against clubs but held back for lack of clinching evidence .
6 So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover .
7 It was far too big for one , but it was regularly cleaned by the leaseholders of the building , who maintained all services and looked out for security .
8 So far convoys of humanitarian aid have been stopped at will by the militias and held up for days , if not weeks , despite their protection by armed UN peacekeepers .
9 And she was suddenly denied job interviews and passed over for promotion , she said .
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