Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stopped speaking for a while , then Gerry offered to take the helm . |
| 2 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 3 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
| 4 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 5 | I mean , I remember mother saying that , you see mother had never seen the sea till she joined the Guild and they decided to save for an outing , and then the next thing I can remember was that we used to have these stamps every week and I think it come to two and ninepence erm and for that we went to Rhyl . |
| 6 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 7 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
| 8 | Once in , they had to dive for a golf ball , put it in a bucket and return to the trapeze to do it all again — fun eh ! |
| 9 | And indeed , surfacing again at South Kensington , some atavistic instinct for the lie of the land took them directly to the street in which Louise had had an office , fifteen years or so ago , and where two or three times a year they had met for a meal . |
| 10 | Then they had to stop for a rest because they were so tired . |
| 11 | But they had to wait for a host of their rivals to commit pop suicide before they could begin the job of moulding this new discovery . |
| 12 | Turning to those who were referred by the GP to another agency , a major problem experienced by this group was the length of time they had to wait for an appointment ( see also Watson 1985 ) . |
| 13 | It was announced on June 26 that three of the four were to be charged with the murder on May 27 of two Australians from London , Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose , who had been shot dead in Roermond in the Netherlands , where they had stopped for a meal , by two gunmen who drove off towards Belgium with a third man . |
| 14 | They had lived for a while in holes cut in the turf banks . |
| 15 | After they had driven for a while , Edward said : ‘ Are n't we involved at all now ? |
| 16 | SAN SALVADOR ( Reuter ) — One of two occupations of embassies in San Salvador ended when human rights activists freed 13 hostages they had held for a day at the Costa Rican Embassy and left . |
| 17 | But first they had to look for a camp site so Mr was the chief engineer I was employed by him , to have a look round and we discovered Lyness farm to be a suitable place . |
| 18 | In 1347 he promised that the grievances of the Commons should be remedied by Chancery writs against Forest officers , but next year ‘ the commons of the county of Surrey and of other counties ’ complained that although they had sued for a writ in the Chancery , they had not been able to obtain the promised remedy . |
| 19 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 20 | They had talked for a while then he had given Green a lift back to his hotel . |
| 21 | The others took it up , humming or singing , and walked in time to it until old Donald got breathless and they had to saunter for a while . |
| 22 | He thought , They had forgotten for a moment that I 'm a policeman . |
| 23 | The sums which people paid Maples for furniture were very small compared with what they had to pay for a house to put it in . |
| 24 | They had spoken for an hour and 45 minutes , and one of the bishop 's assistants is setting up a programme of regular meetings between the local party and the opposition . |
| 25 | The business sector was disappointed that the cut in interest rates was not larger , however , and they continued to press for a devaluation . |
| 26 | They continued chatting for a while , in which time Nigger got the definite impression that the six months in jail that Terry told him he had recently endured for receiving stolen property , had taught him nothing at all . |
| 27 | After an hour or so of drinking , these two gentlemen decided they wished to go for an afternoon drive around the local villages — a motor car around this time still being something of a novelty . |
| 28 | No further appeal was possible under Austrian law , but defence lawyers said that they wanted to apply for a retrial because of new expert evidence which cast doubt on their client 's conviction . |
| 29 | A spokesman for the health authority said only eight mothers were believed to be at risk of infection and not all of them had asked for an AIDS test . |