Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 2 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 3 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 4 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
| 5 | Most of those leaving the cities have done so through the commercial market and they have moved for a variety of reasons ( Kennett and Hall , 1981 ) : more freely-available , cheaper , owner-occupied housing might be found beyond the cities in environmentally-attractive locations ; households are more mobile — car-ownership rates doubled between 1961 and 1981 and the electrification of some InterCity lines has encouraged a marked decentralization of people away from London to areas such as Peterborough , Stamford ( Lincs. ) and even Newark ( Notts. ) ; many move out of cities on retirement ; and for the economically active in the south of England , movement out of London becomes ever more attractive as many commercial activities leave the capital . |
| 6 | Instead they have voted for a man who promised change , who believed in change and who recognised that change had to come . |