Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They cared little for the landscape in which they worked . |
| 5 | Because they provided explicitly for the sampling of a wide range of speaker types and speech styles , the data collection methods associated with Labov 's model allowed data to be analysed on all of these dimensions . |
| 6 | They came partly for the singing , the people . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There , instead of going straight on towards Alice 's farm , they turned left for The Tiger 's Head , an old pub which stood off the road behind a dusty forecourt . |
| 10 | Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months . |
| 13 | Feeling depressed they worked away for the rest of the night . |
| 14 | They worked steadily for the rest of the morning on the management medicals , Rachel and Nina checking weight , testing urine for any signs of sugar diabetes , taking blood samples to test haemoglobin , thyroid function , liver function and cholesterol levels and checking blood-pressure for hypertension . |
| 15 | They called instead for the assumption of power by the NLD , which had won a landslide electoral victory in May 1990 but not been allowed to take office [ see pp. 37457-58 ] . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It might be needed if they went out for the day . |
| 18 | probably part of the reason why they did n't for the time being |
| 19 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 20 | The sky clouded , grew overcast and heavy , and they waited patiently for the rain to start in on them again , knowing they would be in the warmth of Ivrigar by nightfall . |
| 21 | They took him from his horse , and laid him tenderly on the ground ; Ranulf stood watch while they waited quietly for the man to die . |
| 22 | In the enormous dining room , even the chandeliers seemed to tremble as they waited breathlessly for the arrival of the Prince of Wales . |
| 23 | The kind of practical tasks they carried out for the sufferer were of course very variable . |
| 24 | Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim . |
| 25 | His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill . |
| 26 | ‘ They stayed on for the game . ’ |
| 27 | Local party officials tell us that in last November 's by-election they pushed hard for the campaign slogan ‘ Ashok to the Tories . ’ |