Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting .
2 Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck .
3 No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was .
4 There should be no more nonsense about one or other of them moving out for a matter of days or weeks only for the unsatisfactory relationship to resume just as unsatisfactorily as before .
5 In this case I usually get them running round for a while jumping , hopping , walking backwards and also get them to shout some calls .
6 But he said to Bella , ‘ Yes , he told me , after , that he was dead drunk once , in Portsmouth , when he was on leave from the Navy , and he 'd had them tattooed on for a bet . ’
7 There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’
8 Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control .
9 Everyone made it back to the rendezvous where they laid up for the day , returning in the evening to pick up the SBS group which had managed to deal with the radio station .
10 They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm
11 They cry out for the magic of the modern movies .
12 It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking ,
13 It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Last year they came back for a checkup and medics found their wheelchairs were ruined by the war torn terrain .
17 They look out for the organisation of sites , quality of substructure and superstructure , the finish , external works and quality control .
18 Sometimes they stand in for a deity , haunting the sacred places and occupying a position midway between gods and men .
19 More than 50 business men and women showed their incredible resolve when they turned up for an emergency meeting in Craigavon yesterday .
20 Finally in despair they turned back for the fleet , but on approaching this , the ships all scattered under the impression that an enemy torpedo raid was coming in .
21 Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist .
22 The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe .
23 But they set out for the Town Hall none the less .
24 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
25 Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement .
26 A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland .
27 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 .
28 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 . ’
29 Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win .
30 It was then that they scooped out for the storage of goods the extensive vaults and cellaring that still run beneath the old town today .
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