Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lay gasping for breath behind some wooden benches . |
| 2 | Kenjayev resigned both as Chair of the Supreme Soviet and as Presidium member on April 22 on the release by the opposition of 16 deputies and two deputy ministers whom it had taken hostage on April 21 ( having issued an ultimatum ) ; they were released when they agreed to press for Kenjayev 's resignation . |
| 3 | Ministers will clash over how far they intend to pay for capital spending projects by freezing the pay of public sector workers like teachers , nurses and doctors , or limiting rises to two per cent . |
| 4 | They tend to dress for comfort and convenience rather than to impress . |
| 5 | Next week parents are due to receive ballot papers to vote on whether they want to push for grant maintained status after years of waiting for the council to convert promises into action . |
| 6 | Women are free to choose where they want to go for advice and treatment . |
| 7 | Women are free to choose where they want to go for advice and treatment . |
| 8 | I imagine they 're still adamant that they want to care for Jennifer themselves . |
| 9 | If the adventurers specifically state that they want to look for spell ingredients , or if a spellcaster makes an Int test without specifically stating this intention , they can find the following : a fire opal ( Resist Fire ) , a crystal prism ( Destroy Illusions ) , an 8-inch diameter golden hoop ( Vanish , but the hoop is red gold , so the spell will cost 9 MPs rather than 6 ) , a magnifying glass ( Banish Illusion ) , and a polished silver mirror ( Camouflage Illusion ) . |
| 10 | But they seemed to work for researchers whose single-minded concern was to delineate the biochemistry , neurophysiology and cell biology of learning and memory . |
| 11 | When the Government closed two settlement camps near Cirencester in the early sixties , it was here they came looking for jobs . |
| 12 | A glimmer of sun , the first they 'd seen for days in a chillier than average English summer , was gilding the meadow-sweet creamy-white in the tangled hedgerows . |
| 13 | The warning her anxious mother had impressed on her as they 'd waited for Folly 's plane at Athens airport had obviously been quite correct . |
| 14 | They 'd known for weeks and stayed by me , anxious when I was out of sight , whining in the daytime when they never used to . |
| 15 | Already they 'd dusted for fingerprints but found none that should n't have been there . |
| 16 | It was that sort of occasion 500 women , many of them wearing posh hats and even posher outfits that they 'd bought for weddings and were longing for a chance to wear again . |
| 17 | They arranged to meet for lunch , and she said , ‘ But I might as well warn you , it wo n't be just the three of us . |
| 18 | They arranged to meet for lunch in a restaurant in Union Street . |
| 19 | You mean to say they get paid for stuff like this ? |
| 20 | Will they have to contract for rehabilitation services separate from the contract for acute beds ? |
| 21 | It is the process where-by the state encourages and legitimates certain forms of dependency , such as unemployment and early retirement among men aged 60–64 , while subjecting others not only to substantially lower incomes , but also to control procedures intended to ensure that they continue searching for work ( Sinfield 1981 : 142 ) . |
| 22 | They continue to mourn for years after the death or loss of their love but their loneliness was just as real when their partner was alive . |
| 23 | Services in Derbyshire were so busy that they needed to call for assistance from neighbouring Nottinghamshire . |
| 24 | And then they started looking for words that might be relevant so that 's quite good . |
| 25 | The exclusion of public servants has an acceptable rationale to reinforce it ; they are free to resign their positions should they wish to stand for election . |
| 26 | Late in the afternoon , dusty and tired , they decided to stop for tea . |
| 27 | What happened , happened up there , once , once that was lost on appeal , right , the whole of the handling of that by East Devon council just been poor , and then , what did they do , they decided to go for appeal , which was upheld over the garage . |
| 28 | When all had failed they decided to send for Constanza herself — it was the autumn and she was still at Castelfonte . |
| 29 | Queuing for a bus he met another English student and they decided to head for Mexico City . |
| 30 | Foxes use the canal towing paths as routes to the centre of towns and cities where they go to scavenge for food . |