Example sentences of "they [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 6 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 7 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 8 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 9 | Seems like the only parts they got for a young actress nowadays she gets six lines , they cut three and she gets raped in the first ten minutes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 12 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 13 | They made for the outer offices , but it was too late . |
| 14 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 15 | They made for the steep edge . |
| 16 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As they headed for the first aircraft they were fired on by a sentry . |
| 21 | It was then that they disagreed for the first time about the terms of their verbal agreement and a serious rift developed between them . |
| 22 | they posed for the first photographs |
| 23 | Faced with the classic choice facing revolutionaries between a quiet family life and the turbulence of the greater good , they opted for the latter . |
| 24 | ‘ They sent two of our men off — and then they played for an extra ten minutes so that they had a chance to equalise . ’ |
| 25 | Yes they came for the other islands . |
| 26 | They came for the first lot for nine months , then they went back . |
| 27 | ALISON Hargreaves and her children put in some low-altitude training in Scotland yesterday as they prepared for the high life of the Himalayas . |
| 28 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 29 | But in so doing , they ignored a continuing problem ; and they created a new one , for the price they paid for the French troops who solved the English military problem was a monarch who was taught to be French and Catholic , and who would return to her country only when both these things clashed with the prevailing balance of power in Scotland . |
| 30 | Wanting to keep their plans secret , and convinced that ‘ no one would fund such a crazy idea ’ , they paid for the initial experiments out of their own pockets . |