Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no hotel bills , they chip in for the petrol and food and everybody 's happy . ’ |
| 2 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 3 | Everyone made it back to the rendezvous where they laid up for the day , returning in the evening to pick up the SBS group which had managed to deal with the radio station . |
| 4 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 5 | They cry out for the magic of the modern movies . |
| 6 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 7 | It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink . |
| 8 | As the rest of the royals head to Balmoral tomorrow morning , Diana will pick up ten-year-old William and Harry , eight , when they break up for the Christmas holidays from Ludgrove school in Wokingham . |
| 9 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 10 | Last year they came back for a checkup and medics found their wheelchairs were ruined by the war torn terrain . |
| 11 | They look out for the organisation of sites , quality of substructure and superstructure , the finish , external works and quality control . |
| 12 | Sometimes they stand in for a deity , haunting the sacred places and occupying a position midway between gods and men . |
| 13 | More than 50 business men and women showed their incredible resolve when they turned up for an emergency meeting in Craigavon yesterday . |
| 14 | Finally in despair they turned back for the fleet , but on approaching this , the ships all scattered under the impression that an enemy torpedo raid was coming in . |
| 15 | Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist . |
| 16 | The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe . |
| 17 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 18 | They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon . |
| 19 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |
| 20 | A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland . |
| 21 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 22 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 23 | Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win . |
| 24 | It was then that they scooped out for the storage of goods the extensive vaults and cellaring that still run beneath the old town today . |
| 25 | Once the eagles had got used to the return of Minch they settled down for the summer months . |
| 26 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 27 | They cut off their hands so that they go about for the rest of their lives with bleeding stumps . ’ |
| 28 | If the child says , ‘ I dislike Auntie Kate ’ but seeks her company , holds her by the hand when they go out for a walk , and so on , we would conclude that he has not understood the word dislike . |
| 29 | They go out for a meal . |
| 30 | ‘ Curry seems to be the first choice for many MPs when they go out for a meal , ’ says Peter Grove , publisher of Patak 's Real Curry Restaurant Guide . |