Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 2 | Hollywood began to wake up to black culture , spurred on by statistics showing that although blacks only made up 12 per cent of the nation 's population they accounted for 25 per cent of America 's cinema audiences and were the fastest growing segment of US population . |
| 3 | The towering striker put United 2–0 ahead in the 68th minute of a match they dominated for most of the time . |
| 4 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 5 | By their very quality and integrity they continued for several years after I had been graduated from the post of Talks Producer to higher echelons of musical and dramatic productions . |
| 6 | Even that did n't alter the respect they had for each other . |
| 7 | I had been asked the previous year by the Intendant , von Benda , in an arrangement they had for young conductors , but there was no rehearsal , so I declined . |
| 8 | In addition they called for lower taxes , free health care , cheaper housing loans and increased spending on state-owned industries . |
| 9 | It was a memorable tour by the Pakistanis and the bottom line must be the magnificent spectacle of cricket they provided for all who watched them . |
| 10 | How little reason they had for this view we shall soon discover . |
| 11 | When they left the restaurant they stood for some moments surveying the view of Prague , its many spires , red-roofed buildings , with a green dome here , the Vltava river with some of its bridges there , the Charles Bridge in particular Then , ‘ Shall we walk the rest of the way down ? ’ |
| 12 | From the resumption of collective bargaining in 1976 until 1986 , there were over 30 national strikes , but almost without exception they lasted for 24 hours or less , often for only 4 hours . |
| 13 | Remember when long-time lover and former muse Sondra Locke came home to the Beverly Hills mansion they shared for 13 years to find that the locks had been changed ? |
| 14 | In fact they stood for National War Museum . |
| 15 | In the latter group there had often been erosion of their first language and their command of English was confined to the language they needed for everyday use . |