Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 2 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 3 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 4 | It might be needed if they went out for the day . |
| 5 | As I was saying , if the Labour Group would like to leave the chamber we do n't really mind , if they stay out for the voting at the end of this debate which actually contrary |
| 6 | CAROLINE McCLYMONT , the daughter of the late Charlie MacMillan , and the American-bred Agathist , with three successes already to their name in ladies races over Bogside 's former National Hunt racecourse , can land a fourth tomorrow if they turn out for the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire fixtures at Irvine . |
| 7 | Chimps make new nests every night , and to keep track of them , you have to be there before they rise , and keep up with them until they settle down for the night . |
| 8 | Male activists are out every night unless they stay in for the wife 's one night out . |
| 9 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 10 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 11 | Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill . |
| 12 | As the rest of the royals head to Balmoral tomorrow morning , Diana will pick up ten-year-old William and Harry , eight , when they break up for the Christmas holidays from Ludgrove school in Wokingham . |
| 13 | DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side . |
| 14 | Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim . |
| 15 | His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill . |
| 16 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 17 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |