Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So they looked for the form and they could n't find it . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | First she was on her own with Rose and some of the women , then they sent for the midwife , who did n't turn up , and only after that did they think to come for me . |
| 9 | Then they left for the 13-mile drive to their luxurious home at Corston , near Bath . |
| 10 | Then they came for the Communists — and we said nothing . |
| 11 | Then they came for the Socialists — and we said nothing . |
| 12 | Then they came for the Trades Unionists — and we said nothing . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 17 | And if I remember they came then they came for the Trade Unionist . |
| 18 | The party machines were crooked , but at least they provided for the to-and-fro of political patronage in ways that left the mayor , as chief executive , relatively free to run the city . |