Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both of them looked at her for a second , then continued their hushed conversation . |
| 2 | All three of them stared at it for an instant . |
| 3 | They argued about it for the rest of the afternoon , he becoming sullen and sorry , she remaining dispassionate , untouched-She was impressed by his sudden remorse . |
| 4 | They played around it for a while , keeping the rhythm of the music all the time , postponing the pleasure of contact . |
| 5 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 6 | In the same way , therefore , as they had turned to primitives for finding the opposite of capitalist relations of production , they turned to them for a form of family which was the opposite of the capitalist family . |
| 7 | But he said : ‘ The fans may not think Ian 's the best man for the job but if they lay off him for a bit then he might get it right for them . ’ |
| 8 | Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’ |
| 9 | They thought about it for a while . |