Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] came for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change .
2 Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing .
3 Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing .
4 Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing .
5 ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ .
6 ‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me ’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no-one left to speak up for me ’ .
7 But I mean once this strike is over , unless we come to proper agreement erm they know then that then it will be too late then cos there 's somebody saying then they came for the Jews first was it ?
8 And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother .
9 And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist .
10 Well he he 'd got a , and if I 'd got to do it you know , another day , his er perhaps start and er i , well you know when he came for a meal and saw all that ?
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