Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their disillusion with the reformist nature of the Labour governments of the 1960s , and the excitement generated by the world-wide social unrest of 1968 , led them to look for the possibility of social change in local protest movements . |
| 2 | Teesside Crown Court was told Ninham had offered to give the boys money for fireworks and encouraged them to go for a walk with him and his dog . |
| 3 | Once everyone had disembarked , the sergeant-major warned them to prepare for a fifteen-mile route-march . |
| 4 | An impressive feature of the early post-war Palace sides was the triumvirate of Alderson in goal , Little and Ernie Rhodes at full-back , and those who watched them play for the Palace will tell you of an understanding between them that bordered on the uncanny . |
| 5 | Two boys who were rescued from the fighting in Lebanon are back tonight at the hospital that rebuilt their bodies and gave them hope for the future . |
| 6 | How much did they pay for a ticket then , how much ? |
| 7 | What did they want for a wedding present ? |
| 8 | What di what did they charge for a trip ? |
| 9 | " Who did they call for the defence ? " asked Middlemass . |
| 10 | Then we had them voting for the imposition of VAT on heating fuels , a cruel tax on the ordinary person as well as the pensioner . |
| 11 | The Compton 's experience of life with public transport certainly left them longing for the return of theirs . |
| 12 | ‘ Someone said they thought for a moment you were your mother . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Justice Drake instructed them to try for a majority 10-2 . |
| 14 | They clasped hands and held them clasped for a time . |
| 15 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |