Example sentences of "then they [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 2 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 3 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 4 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 5 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 6 | ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ . |
| 7 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 8 | But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ? |
| 9 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |