Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well to tell you the truth , I went to own school , when it was er winter , when it comes the winter , they bate somewhere for the winter , do you see ? |
| 2 | Bands like Curve and the Sundays float careers on their female vocalists ' cheekbones , playing down their looks even as they pose bashfully for the cover of yet another music magazine . |
| 3 | They fly here for the winter . ’ |
| 4 | Lawyers , basically , are trained for and used to an adversary system — where they act either for the prosecution or plaintiff , or for the defence — and seem always to see things in terms of guilt or innocence . |
| 5 | When they crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset and saw cultivated fields stretching down towards a small village in the distance it took all her will-power not to beg that they stop there for the night . |
| 6 | And I really see that the public now certainly they give certainly for the benefit of the a ten , the tenants that |
| 7 | The traditional complaint of consumers — who in Belfast supermarkets this week demonstrated their enthusiasm for cheaper beef — is that they pay twice for the beef mountain . |
| 8 | They argue strongly for the retention of the unitary board , where all directors take collective responsibility for all board decisions . |
| 9 | They use instinct and spontaneity and when they practise something , they do so for the enjoyment it produces and thus it becomes more of a game than a practice . |
| 10 | Well , Christine takes him up there if they come here for the weekend . |
| 11 | I was going to Grant Development have come here er because they are interested in our views , er I think as far as the access goes I take your point that visibility is required , but I would imagine that that the highways department will have stipulated what is required , as they have indeed for the development next door , er where the hedge , the present hedge is going to be er set back , erm I I ca n't tell you whether , what stipulation has been made , perhaps these two gentlemen |
| 12 | Most women 's groups are primarily concerned with political aims , they work often for the right to fight equally alongside their men to achieve political liberation , rather than fighting for women to replace men in superior positions . |