Example sentences of "[vb past] they [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 2 | Invited them out for a drink ? ’ |
| 3 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 4 | The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration . |
| 5 | ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next . |
| 6 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |