Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] they [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mates said : ‘ I would like to thank you all for continuing to have faith in me and I will continue to represent you and do my best for all my constituents , whether or not they voted for me . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | and also they ask for those thirty five percenters . |
| 4 | Tenements were noisy and smelly , and then they left for New England . |
| 5 | And then they came for us , and there was no one left to defend us . ’ |
| 6 | And then they came for the Communists , I was n't a Communist so I did n't bother . |
| 7 | ‘ They sent two of our men off — and then they played for an extra ten minutes so that they had a chance to equalise . ’ |
| 8 | He showed her the caving ones first , and then they paused for supper before going back to look at the ones of his son . |
| 9 | They ate up all the knives and forks and then they asked for more . |
| 10 | And then they come for him , and then , you come for him in your car |
| 11 | We are interested here in finding out what the norms are within a single social stratum and how they function for the speakers : at this point in our work we have no justification for relating this pattern to social class differences . |
| 12 | 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 . |