Example sentences of "they [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 2 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 3 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 4 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 5 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 6 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 7 | Seems like the only parts they got for a young actress nowadays she gets six lines , they cut three and she gets raped in the first ten minutes . |
| 8 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 9 | As you can see from Table 16.2 , they account for a tiny fraction of total assets . |
| 10 | The three major schemes — the Library of Congress Classification Scheme , the Universal Decimal Classification Scheme and the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme — are treated in most detail , since they account for a good proportion of classification practice . |
| 11 | But among them , they account for the great majority of all innovation opportunities . |
| 12 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 13 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 14 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 15 | They made for the steep edge . |
| 16 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 17 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 18 | Do they survive for a long time ? |
| 19 | They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’ |
| 20 | It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them . |
| 21 | Had they succeeded for the first time in outstripping the rumours of their coming ? |
| 22 | They hope for a peaceful settlement in Yugoslavia . |
| 23 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 24 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
| 25 | Well I 'm not , it 's not sometimes they have they wait for the local officer to come on duty . |
| 26 | ALISON Hargreaves and her children put in some low-altitude training in Scotland yesterday as they prepared for the high life of the Himalayas . |
| 27 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 28 | Anglers discovered dead fish frozen into the Grand Union Canal when they arrived for a major match . |
| 29 | Billy suggested they look for a shady spot for the picnic in the covert they were approaching . |
| 30 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |