Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 2 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 3 | Many people will not realise that there is a property element built in and that they qualify only for the 25 per cent . |
| 4 | Considering themselves to be superior , they cared little for the ordinary person and looked down on the sinners . |
| 5 | They apologise both for the sory and distress caused . |
| 6 | To all of them , Fry is Barnet , and without him there , few will have good reason to stay at Underhill , particularly as they alleged publicly for the first time yesterday that chairman Stan Flashman had physically threatened them . |
| 7 | The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province . |
| 8 | Do they go on to buy other stock , or do they sell quickly for a swift profit ? |
| 9 | There was more bad news on the health front as they were the least likely to say they try hard for a healthy diet ( 37pc compared with 24pc ) . |
| 10 | A common result of this is that when the philosophers deny autonomy to women , they do so for the same sorts of reason that they deny it to children and cite lack of rationality , capriciousness and vulnerability among their characteristics . |
| 11 | The international challenge did not meet Martin Lester 's target in full , largely due to the fact that , wherever international representatives attend the major rallies , they do so for the very purpose of demonstrating their national speciality and no other . |
| 12 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 13 | ‘ Sadly , it seems that some young people find it difficult to adjust when they leave home for the first time . ’ |
| 14 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
| 15 | The clanking camisoles and the chain mail adornments of the sixties are certainly less static than the table decorations of the thirties ; they exist surely for the same reason , to invite comment . |
| 16 | Suddenly she felt a glowing warmth deep inside ; he could never betray her , could never sell what they had together for the cheap thrill of recounting an old , sordid story . |
| 17 | Members held raffles and donated cash until they had enough for the Olympic bar . |
| 18 | For the married couples the heartache would be centred round their children going off to boarding school , especially when they left home for the first time . |
| 19 | For the whole of the following week they waited daily for the soft , insistent question or the outraged cry that would begin to crack their flimsy structure . |
| 20 | They stayed away for a few years , moving between the markets of the Sahel , exploiting differences in prices in different markets , until they had enough camels to go to Cairo . |
| 21 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 22 | They stood together for a few moments , her head sunk in his mighty chest , his head finally bowed as he looked down on her . |
| 23 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 24 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 25 | They sat together for a few moments more , then he groaned . |
| 26 | Because all snail genes have an equal stake in every sperm and every egg , because they all participate in the same unpartisan meiosis , they work together for the common good , and therefore tend to make the snail body a coherent , purposeful vehicle . |