Example sentences of "and they [verb] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All four were fond of playing cards , and they met occasionally for whist or bridge , either at the Youngs ' or the Lovells ' newer house along the road to the north . |
| 2 | Howard meets Phil Schaffer in various pubs , down there in the sea of lights — Phil knows the city intimately already — and they walk round for hours , talking and yawning and doing joky things . |
| 3 | People who steal and murder are put in the prison-ships , and they stay there for years sometimes . |
| 4 | It was raining and there was this walkie-talkie twisting around my head , there was police hats rolling in the road , and they radioed in for assistance . |
| 5 | but I , I do n't know if you want a tape , there 's a carry film on , erm , it 's er , it 's a family and they go away for Christmas , you know , and er the little lad gets left by his self Jim |