Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |
| 2 | They scream in horrifying agony , and thick gouts of blood spray over anyone in the area as the meats fly with a squelch into roasting-trays on the tables , where they flop about for a few minutes like dying animals . |
| 3 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 4 | Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack . |
| 5 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 6 | It might be needed if they went out for the day . |
| 7 | But typewriters we had problems with because , if they went in for repair , you never got them back from the Ordinance Core , and so at one place in Tunbridge Wells we handed a typewriter in and because the army were allowed to buy greaseproof paper , we bought a lot of greaseproof paper which came in the package of a new typewriter . |
| 8 | As I was saying , if the Labour Group would like to leave the chamber we do n't really mind , if they stay out for the voting at the end of this debate which actually contrary |
| 9 | CAROLINE McCLYMONT , the daughter of the late Charlie MacMillan , and the American-bred Agathist , with three successes already to their name in ladies races over Bogside 's former National Hunt racecourse , can land a fourth tomorrow if they turn out for the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire fixtures at Irvine . |
| 10 | Several factories in Northamptonshire , anticipating the drift to the County Ground for the mid-week game , closed down for the day , but in Northampton itself factory workers were allowed the afternoon off only if they made up for it in overtime . |
| 11 | I do n't know why they imagine it 's ‘ poofy ’ or we would n't find it attractive if they dressed up for us . |
| 12 | Chimps make new nests every night , and to keep track of them , you have to be there before they rise , and keep up with them until they settle down for the night . |
| 13 | Male activists are out every night unless they stay in for the wife 's one night out . |
| 14 | I think it 's probably worth mentioning on that similar context following Mr 's comments about the false alarms , that the more successful we are at reducing those , the more that impacts on our budget because they take out for S S A , unlike road accidents . |
| 15 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
| 16 | A COUPLE who left their two children ‘ Home Alone ’ while they jetted off for a sunshine Christmas holiday were being questioned by police last night . |
| 17 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 18 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 19 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 20 | They wanted to get in the diocesan surveyor to have a look at it before they shelled out for repairs . |
| 21 | Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill . |
| 22 | But the Signpost Hotel Guide survey of 300 hotel owners showed that fewer people are bothering use a false name when they book in for an illicit weekend . |
| 23 | As the rest of the royals head to Balmoral tomorrow morning , Diana will pick up ten-year-old William and Harry , eight , when they break up for the Christmas holidays from Ludgrove school in Wokingham . |
| 24 | I shall go down to the coffee morning at playschool when they break up for Easter next week |
| 25 | and then when they break up for Easter and it 's only sort of like whatever it is from now until September |
| 26 | It is also worth remembering that when they put in for an application for ten flats , the advice from the Authority was that was only development and no parking , |
| 27 | Two of Queen Victoria 's night dresses failed to attract any interest when they came up for auction . |
| 28 | and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work |
| 29 | Aloof , distant , stylishly diving for fish , roughly ambushing seals when they come up for air . |
| 30 | so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty . |