Example sentences of "and they [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 2 | And they came back for another fortnight of re-building ! |
| 3 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 4 | Alan came back most weekends , and they went out for long drives in his father 's car . |
| 5 | It was raining and there was this walkie-talkie twisting around my head , there was police hats rolling in the road , and they radioed in for assistance . |
| 6 | Once round the loch and they headed back for their car , muttering that we were wasting our time because there was not a single fish in the loch . |