Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] for [art] " 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 rabbit 's breeding chamber is some 4 or 5 feet ( 1.25 – 1.5 metres ) long and the young are born in a nest of hair where they stay for a month . |
| 3 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 4 | Some older people are keen to live in sheltered accommodation where they hope for a combination of independence and security . |
| 5 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 6 | Male black grouse or blackcocks congregate at traditional lekking sites where they compete for the attentions of the females . |
| 7 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 8 | Better by far to tackle equity withdrawal on big loans , where better-off house-buyers borrow £20,000 more than they need for a house-purchase , to buy that flashy car they have always wanted . |
| 9 | And young actors have a greater instinct these days for film than they do for the stage , though this is not to say that stage training is not equally important ; nevertheless as working actors we are getting more and more camera conscious in our acting and will continue to do so . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As a proportion of national consumer expenditure , advertising more than doubled between 1945 and 1990 , so they competed for a growing purse . |
| 12 | They have er thirty minutes each , er twenty minutes A at least ten minutes have to be given over to you for questions , so they speak for a maximum of twenty minutes . |
| 13 | She was by that time too valuable a property to be junked , so they settled for a short suspension and a revised entry in the book . |
| 14 | It was too cold and wet for champagne , so they settled for a cup of tea . |
| 15 | ’ So they romanced for a time , whispering on the edge of sleep , until a noise of footsteps , first a few and then large numbers , came from the road outside . |
| 16 | After reading a letter about youths and unemployment , the gist of which was their unwillingness to work , I was incensed by the statement , ‘ Even if they applied for a job in the catering industry , it would be something ’ . |
| 17 | If they went for a drink everybody was calling them scabs and if they went anywhere then , some some had their cars sprayed with paint and oh they had everything done , they were all against them . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | if they come for a win , itll be a win gained from getting us on the break . |
| 20 | No , if they bid for the franchise , then , and get it , obviously that franchise runs for the period , and by the way , a lot of the criticisms in the film , I think were based on a misunderstanding that all the franchises are going to be short , they 're not , those where there 's a substantial investment going in can be quite a bit longer |
| 21 | But even , you know , e , even if they go for a walk into to Tenby , it 's company ! |
| 22 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | If they qualify for the Champions League ( last eight ) they get another guaranteed £800,000 , plus around £180,000 a point . |
| 25 | All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal . |
| 26 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 27 | Not unless they wait for the tide , or row in . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |