Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do enjoy my job serving the customers because of the way some of them ask sheepishly for a jokey item , ’ says Jenny . |
| 2 | Terrified , they seek fruitlessly for a means of escape from their hunters . |
| 3 | And they stop there for a bit , when they 've gone past the start . |
| 4 | THERE was a bright moment when the Queen Mum , keen to cheer up her troubled family , suggested they go indoors for a birthday tonic . |
| 5 | There was more bad news on the health front as they were the least likely to say they try hard for a healthy diet ( 37pc compared with 24pc ) . |
| 6 | It is at the larva stage of their development when boring and feeding of the grubs takes place that the damage is caused because the adult beetles do not eat and they live only for a short time . |
| 7 | Yet as they step forward for a greeting , receiving the palms of your hands on their springy hair , they show no sign of fear or anxiety . |
| 8 | We get a lot of people who have not cycled for years , they cycle tentatively for an hour , but then come back again to cycle the whole trail . |