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 | They cared little for the landscape in which they worked . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They came partly for the singing , the people . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Feeling depressed they worked away for the rest of the night . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ] . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the enormous dining room , even the chandeliers seemed to tremble as they waited breathlessly for the arrival of the Prince of Wales . |
| 13 | Local party officials tell us that in last November 's by-election they pushed hard for the campaign slogan ‘ Ashok to the Tories . ’ |