Example sentences of "they [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 2 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 3 | Do n't overfeed them to compensate for the fasting stage . |
| 4 | But because he was n't , I worked as hard as I could until dark , about night time , to get them done for the next day . |
| 5 | Those behind the Premier League shudder at the prospect of them heading for the big time . |
| 6 | In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid . |
| 7 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
| 8 | I suspect that they also had scholarly and dedicated teachers and well read ministers and the encouragement of parents who realised that the only chance their children had of improving their way of life was by having the best education possible which would enable them to compete for the limited number of places which were available in the colleges and universities . |
| 9 | Instead , several different groups of biologists tried , each in their own way , to modernize field studies in a manner that would allow them to compete for the ever-increasing supply of research funding being made available by governments and private institutions . |
| 10 | Now Paul this is what I 've found out since you see , Paul erm said to them , Why suddenly this ? and he says , Oh we 've actually had them printed for the last two years but we 've never had the time to give them out . |
| 11 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 12 | I imagine that the brunt of this will be borne by younger voters , many of them voting for the first time , who possibly do not realise that in addition to voting they must also pay poll tax . |
| 13 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 14 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 15 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 16 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 17 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 18 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 19 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 20 | But among them , they account for the great majority of all innovation opportunities . |
| 21 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 22 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 23 | They made for the outer offices , but it was too late . |
| 24 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 25 | They made for the steep edge . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It had not been posted from outside or even sent through the internal mail in one of the recycled envelopes Prince Charles insisted they used for the interminable memos that are a feature of Palace life . |
| 28 | As they headed for the first aircraft they were fired on by a sentry . |
| 29 | It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them . |
| 30 | they posed for the first photographs |