Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Find out how much they charge for water . |
| 2 | Yet , when they were asked how they felt about their sister , each one of them paid tribute to her gentleness and femininity and said how much they cared for her . |
| 3 | A million nature lovers all over the country are being asked to show how much they care for the countryside in an innovative challenge from the RSPB . |
| 4 | So what they do is , apparently they wait for somebody to complain |
| 5 | After weeks of this game , they got bored with Mrs Sugar , since she never turned up , no matter how long they watched for her . |
| 6 | After weeks of this game , they got bored with Mrs Sugar , since she never turned up , no matter how long they watched for her . |
| 7 | Perhaps they called for stoups of ale or goblets of Rhenish , or supped on plain fare , my masters . |
| 8 | So they looked for somewhere else . |
| 9 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 10 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 11 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 12 | As Margolis pointed out , in an age of literature inflation , the more papers are written , the less they count for , and the greater the pressure to produce more . |
| 13 | TALKING of Goldsmith , I hear reports from Australia that his old partner Kerry Packer — together they bid for BAT Industries in 1989 — has had another run-in with BAT 's chairman , Sir Patrick Sheehy . |
| 14 | Together they divined for Charlie 's talent . |
| 15 | Together they account for nearly two-thirds of the entire temporary labour force but rather under half of total employment . |
| 16 | One of these had married an Indian Christian doctor , and together they worked for the sick and wounded , although badly handicapped by the lack of medicines . |
| 17 | And it 's gon na work along the lines of well , if we 're looking at a typical endowment mortgage , yeah , normally they run for twenty-five years , do n't they . |
| 18 | Normally they forecast for open water so when they say it 's going to blow Force 3/4 , the wind on the beach tends to be nearer Force 2/3 . |
| 19 | Outside they queue for hours . |
| 20 | After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain . |
| 21 | Thereafter they fend for themselves and she is quickly into preparation for her next litter . |
| 22 | At 8.30am yesterday they departed for a one hour , speed endurance training session , completed before the temperature began its climb to 30 C. |
| 23 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 24 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 25 | They were very surprised , because usually they advertised for them , but they went up and asked the tailors if they wanted anyone , and then a dear old man , a er named Mr said he like a trouser finisher . |
| 26 | They wove no fancy patterns but , given the ball , straight they sped for goal . |
| 27 | Later they played for Auxerre together . |
| 28 | and also they ask for those thirty five percenters . |
| 29 | Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park . |
| 30 | Rather they compete for clientele ( Self 1985 ; see also Self 1975 ) . |