Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overwhelming majority of Russians — some 83 per cent in the 1989 census — lived in the Russian Republic , where they accounted for the same proportion of the local population . |
| 2 | The TV detection team did n't fall for it , any more than they did for the man who claimed his set was never used . |
| 3 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 4 | But Dalgliesh knew that Massingham still half-regretted the days when women police officers were content to find lost children , search female prisoners , reform prostitutes , comfort the bereaved and , if they hankered for the excitement of criminal investigation , were suitably occupied coping with the peccadilloes of juvenile delinquents . |
| 5 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 6 | Neither the Conservatives nor Labour , therefore , had a chance of retaining or obtaining office unless they abandoned for the time being the principal position which they fought the election to obtain . |
| 7 | Many mothers were upset because they feared for the safety of their children — and because , for numerous women , control over young people had been one of the few ways to exercise power in society . |
| 8 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 9 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 10 | They went into the staff-room and grabbed a coffee while they waited for the results , then they studied them together on the lightbox . |
| 11 | The minutes dragged while they listened for the first hum of the approaching helicopter . |
| 12 | This is precisely what Robson , Jennings , and Willis were advocating since they argued for the rationalization of our haphazard arrangements for tribunals with an appellate jurisdiction vested in an administrative appeal tribunal which would be separate from the High Court . |
| 13 | And , having no idea how important this or that person was , whether they worked for the BBC or the TLS or the BFI , he treated them all with equal condescension . |
| 14 | It was argued that it unfairly penalized those who worked throughout their lives until their mid-sixties , but were thrown onto the Poor Law before they qualified for the pension . |
| 15 | In the final game Waikato took the honours 28–24 , leafing Rugby Canada to wonder just how long it would be before they won for the first time on New Zealand soil . |
| 16 | The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches . |
| 17 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 18 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 19 | Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning . |
| 20 | The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 22 | Nigel , 34 , and his girl-friend Brix Smith both created a stir when they arrived for the ceremony . |
| 23 | He and a friend had been on a cycling tour of the Himalayas , when they paid for the papers from a local travel agent . |
| 24 | There had been a highly amusing interlude , when they called for the photographs . |
| 25 | The mystical writings of the fifth century author who had adopted the pseudonym Dionysius the Areopagite were quite well known in Europe , even though they never had the same appeal for Europeans as they had for the Greeks . |
| 26 | The audience waved , swayed and sang along enthusiastically , as they had for the procession of artists who had preceded him . |
| 27 | ‘ YOU really went over the top today , Charlie , ’ grinned the Captain to the Old Stager as they reassembled for the match . |
| 28 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 29 | There was talk of resignations as they waited for the opinion polls . |
| 30 | In the National Liberal Club last night , party activists were busy savouring the mathematic soup stirred up by television exit polls as they waited for the results to roll in . |