Example sentences of "they [vb past] for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
2 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
3 | " They talked for a few moments , and then he handed her an envelope and walked away . |
4 | They chatted for a few minutes but Treloar had nothing more to say . |
5 | The overwhelming majority of Russians — some 83 per cent in the 1989 census — lived in the Russian Republic , where they accounted for the same proportion of the local population . |
6 | They stood for a few moments in shy silence , staring from one to another . |
7 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |