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

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1 After that everything between them became easy for the time being .
2 Yes and and then when the lifeboat came , the Eday and and Sanday and them a lot of them came across for the dances , the lifeboat dances , it was really I would say the best time
3 The fact that so many of them played together for the Lions will be an important help . ’
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 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 .
8 Feeling depressed they worked away for the rest of the night .
9 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 .
10 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 ] .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 In the enormous dining room , even the chandeliers seemed to tremble as they waited breathlessly for the arrival of the Prince of Wales .
15 Local party officials tell us that in last November 's by-election they pushed hard for the campaign slogan ‘ Ashok to the Tories . ’
16 When Christmas came round , many of them stayed there for the festivities .
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