Example sentences of "they [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As you can see from Table 16.2 , they account for a tiny fraction of total assets . |
| 3 | The three major schemes — the Library of Congress Classification Scheme , the Universal Decimal Classification Scheme and the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme — are treated in most detail , since they account for a good proportion of classification practice . |
| 4 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 5 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 6 | Do they survive for a long time ? |
| 7 | They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’ |
| 8 | They hope for a peaceful settlement in Yugoslavia . |
| 9 | ‘ They sent two of our men off — and then they played for an extra ten minutes so that they had a chance to equalise . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 12 | Anglers discovered dead fish frozen into the Grand Union Canal when they arrived for a major match . |
| 13 | Of course it 's not easy to keep up the smiles in public , as the couple showed in Seoul yesterday when they arrived for a five-day Korean visit . |
| 14 | Billy suggested they look for a shady spot for the picnic in the covert they were approaching . |
| 15 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 16 | Why ca n't they plan for a longer term for those trees ? |
| 17 | They 're bigger than us , they stand for a bigger establishment than we do , like , we 're just little and they stand for bigger things , and you try to get your own back . |
| 18 | We suggest that there is considerable evidence in the data that they present for a downward pressure on referral rates , most noticeably in women ( perhaps particularly in elderly women ) and to the specialty of general medicine . |
| 19 | They pressed for a particular re-reading of Darwin to add weight to the older evangelical claim that women had a rightful place in regulating sex . |
| 20 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 21 | They kissed for a long time , and indeed there was still longing there , in both of them , a kind of hopeless longing . |
| 22 | Celtic are next to test the growing confidence at Dens Park when they visit for a rearranged fixture tomorrow . |
| 23 | They knocked for a good ten minutes before giving up but it was obvious that the place was deserted . |
| 24 | " They talked for a few moments , and then he handed her an envelope and walked away . |
| 25 | so , erm , they rang and they rang , and they rang for a good twenty to twenty five minutes and we just erm , we , we all huddled together in the living room , and erm , anyway about half an hour went past , and then they finally went , we saw them , we live in a flat , and we saw them from the window , we saw them going back to the station you see . |
| 26 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 27 | Berg implies that they settled for a stable relationship , Frances acting the perfect Hollywood wife and ultimately finding consolation in religion , while Sam 's unspent emotions were burned off in work . |
| 28 | She was by that time too valuable a property to be junked , so they settled for a short suspension and a revised entry in the book . |
| 29 | They called for a broader curriculum in a survey that revealed that 14 per cent believe bank loans are interest-free . |
| 30 | They called for a negotiated settlement restoring the republic 's sovereignty and territorial integrity . |