Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	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 .
3	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 .
4	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 .
5	Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win .
6	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 .
7	Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months .
8	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 .
9	It might be needed if they went out for the day .
10	They looked around for the Indians who 'd helped them set up but they were n't there .
11	The kind of practical tasks they carried out for the sufferer were of course very variable .
12	Suddenly , as they arrowed in for the kill , the man-thing did something they had never experienced before in any hunted victim .
13	His unexpected action momentarily surprised them , but their canine brains instantly readjusted speed and timing of strike , as they arrowed in for the kill .
14	‘ They stayed on for the game . ’

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