Example sentences of "they [vb past] [vb pp] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 2 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 3 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 4 | They had run for the woods in what they stood up in . |
| 5 | Three women in nylon overalls sat at a table eating the food they had prepared for the canteen lunch . |
| 6 | They had waited for the Darkfall to blow itself out , which it did in spectacular fashion . |
| 7 | They accused him of altering the figures on receipts for money they had given for the release of prisoners , handing over a smaller sum to creditors and pocketing the difference ; charging prisoners for candles ; taking £5 out of the Poor Box to free a prisoner ; lending them money on their plate and watches which belonged to their creditors . |
| 8 | As in days of yore , the competing knights were not identified by their names but by their insignia or the insignia they had adopted for the event . |
| 9 | Over the public address system the announcer was telling the crowd that as Manuel Caballeros and Andy Kyle had both scored a total of 273 , they had tied for the lead . |
| 10 | Ruth had felt it from the moment he had picked her up at the hotel and once again they had headed for the Cartuja site of the Expo . |
| 11 | The question to be faced after the Robbins deliberations was whether the solutions they had proposed for the CATs constituted a model for future action . |
| 12 | Tommy Taylor , of TT Construction , and Ernie Matthews , of RPM windows and conservatories , forked out the £250-odd they had donated for the trophies and there was no harder match than when the two sponsors met in the semi-finals of the over 40s . |
| 13 | Some were eating , and Ruth guessed that they had broken into the food supplies they had brought for the voyage . |
| 14 | The big bag they had brought for the goose caught between her legs and almost threw her down but she recovered her balance , her feet slipping and sliding . |