Example sentences of "and they [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolfellows had been appointed to the Racer together through the efforts of a family friend of the Rogerses , and they serve together for much of their time at sea , occasionally allotted to different ships so as to give the author freedom to range more widely in space and circumstance . |
| 2 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 3 | And they came back for another fortnight of re-building ! |
| 4 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 5 | Alan came back most weekends , and they went out for long drives in his father 's car . |
| 6 | Some are management development students , they are between twenty-eight and thirty-six years old and they stay here for fifteen weeks . |
| 7 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
| 8 | Then Edouard took her into his bedroom , and they remained there for three days and three nights . |
| 9 | And it left boss Graham Taylor saying : ‘ This was no fluke and they worked hard for each other . |