Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would lie for hours , hardly moving , before a sudden noise startled them and they instinctively dived for cover . |
| 2 | Another achievement , which both Christine and Bernie are proud of , is the ban on hunting on council-owned land that they successfully campaigned for back in 1982 . |
| 3 | The eighteenth-century revolutionaries in America and France coined some splendid slogans about " government by the people for the people " , " no taxation without representation " , " one man ; one vote " and so on , but after some disastrous preliminary experiments with mob rule , they quickly settled for compromise ; only the existing owners of property should be qualified to vote ! |
| 4 | They also raised for consideration the possibility of reducing the period beyond the end of the accounting year in which solicitors must submit their report from 6 to 3 months . |
| 5 | They also asked for footpath improvements to protect pedestrians and other measures to minimize disruption . |
| 6 | They also called for pension assets to be kept separate from company funds in the wake of the Daily Mirror scandal when Maxwell stole Pounds 400 million from his pensioners . |
| 7 | This releases the space they formerly occupied for bedding plants and other summer flowerers . |
| 8 | Her own petit friture was a plateful of tiny fish , crisply fried and sprinkled with garlic , and they both opted for guinea fowl casseroled in red wine , and so tender it almost fell off the bone , with sautéd potatoes and cabbage cooked in butter , as their main course . |
| 9 | Mrs Knelle and June discussed turf , which they both used for fuel . |
| 10 | But by 1898 the Chrimes brothers had on their ledgers over 10,000 names of women who had responded to their advertisements and these they then used for blackmail . |
| 11 | When will we have an honest statement from the Government about arms supplies of every kind that they undoubtedly licensed for export to Iraq ? |
| 12 | This will mean that some individuals now have a different payment date for Council Tax to that they previously had for Community Charge . |