Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They shared their responsibilities for the smooth running of Zone I with the enthusiasm of those bound by a loveless marriage . |
| 2 | They affirmed their support for a continued US military presence in Europe . |
| 3 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 4 | ROUND the world yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson and his crew were off the southern coast of Brazil yesterday as they maintained their challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy . |
| 5 | Many students told me that they only joined the League because it was the correct thing to do at middle school and at university they maintained their membership for the social functions the League organised , such as outings and dances . |
| 6 | Then they charged her £25 for a letter telling her what they had done . |
| 7 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 8 | They bartered their grain for the salt he 'd brought back from the border , where he traded with Tibetans who 'd scraped it from the arid salt-lakes and carried it south on yaks across the windswept dust-blown plateau lands . |
| 9 | They reiterated their call for a popular referendum on the country 's future political system . |
| 10 | The selection board said that Gerstner was the first person they had spoken to when they began their quest for a new chief in January . |
| 11 | The selection board said that Gerstner was the first person they had spoken to when they began their quest for a new chief in January . |
| 12 | And a couple of young clerks , that 's where they bred their clerks for the future use sort of thing you know . |
| 13 | An example will serve to illustrate this point : Leigh Hunt was a vegetarian , and praised ‘ in glowing words the cauliflower swimming in melted butter ’ ; Wordsworth wryly asked whether ‘ if by chance of good luck they ever met with a caterpillar , they thanked their stars for a delicious morsel of animal food ’ . |
| 14 | Lincolnshire is a flat county , you see , exactly right for aerodromes , and they took our house for the airmen , I suppose . |
| 15 | They knew their weapon for the future . |
| 16 | Erm I think they sent me money for a new pair of sheets , ca n't remember that long ago . |
| 17 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 18 | They resumed their search for a way to anchor the hook . |
| 19 | They got so warm they removed their sweatshirts for a final surge home . |
| 20 | ‘ They gave me sandwiches for the journey , but I left them on my bunk . ’ |
| 21 | They gave us ammunition for the guns , and many people were shot . " |
| 22 | After they had finished with her , the soldiers stood over her corpse and urinated into her mouth ; then they left her body for the dogs . |
| 23 | However , on Oct. 24 Democrats in the House appeared willing to compromise when they abandoned their demands for the inclusion of surtax , in favour of phasing out personal tax exemptions for those with incomes in excess of $100,000 . |