Example sentences of "and they [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ and of despair , and seeing a new light : ‘ unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil-Estel , the Star of High Hope ’ . |
| 2 | He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care . |
| 3 | ‘ Be soft with this London lot and they take you for a ride . |
| 4 | I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to . |
| 5 | Suppose you 're an expert document examiner outside the service and they call you for the defence . |
| 6 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |