Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All four were fond of playing cards , and they met occasionally for whist or bridge , either at the Youngs ' or the Lovells ' newer house along the road to the north . |
| 2 | They made straight for Yani 's — the lively tourist bar where ‘ Ben ’ had been sighted in the resort of Kassiopi . |
| 3 | On the er three nine eight , erm , the C E C are erm asking for withdrawal of these , this motion , they asked initially for withdrawal . |
| 4 | With the residents , they applied successfully for finance through the Inner Area Programme to establish the Braunstone workshops on the estate . |
| 5 | I mean they fought valiantly for peace but I , I think that erm the maternity bill I think is what everybody admits that we shall always go down as being noted for . |
| 6 | They stopped off for drinks in the country and it was about one o'clock in the morning before they were home . |
| 7 | McLeish joined Catherine in the comfortable modern kitchen where they foraged companionably for coffee and milk , waiting until they heard Jennifer Morgan come down again . |
| 8 | Rooks cawed as they foraged hungrily for food but , apart from that , nothing except the eerie , deathly silence of a countryside in the grip of winter . |
| 9 | They do n't they do n't accept him They came here for years , |
| 10 | It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing . |
| 11 | Two of Queen Victoria 's night dresses failed to attract any interest when they came up for auction . |
| 12 | Then they came together for discussion and forward planning . |
| 13 | It was raining and there was this walkie-talkie twisting around my head , there was police hats rolling in the road , and they radioed in for assistance . |
| 14 | Like any other young couple they teamed up for outings to the beach , for barbecues with friends , or visits to the cinema . |
| 15 | Library users lobbied councillors as they turned up for todays education committee meeting . |
| 16 | They walked slowly for hours , with sad anxious faces , not talking , one behind the other , like a funeral procession . |
| 17 | They shopped around for bargains and cheaper food ; were more selective as to what food was bought ; and cooked cheaper but filling meals which often took longer to prepare . |
| 18 | I was one of the lucky ones because they were having done that the others in fact left it until later and in fact they took , they , they called up for time . |
| 19 | They called instead for VAT rebates . |
| 20 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 21 | They milled there for seconds , a dark mass glinting like beetles in the light of the moon — and then there were thin , spiked shapes being raised against the walls . |
| 22 | They went back for chairs and then the laird , the factor , and the minister sat down weightily , like judges . |
| 23 | They were entitled to eat after the last sitting in the central dining car , Emil said , rinsing glasses , but usually they went only for dinner , if then ; I could see why , as after the sandwiches on that first day we ate the all-too-few left-over portions of the Lucullan lunch we had served . |
| 24 | Afterwards , he added , they went out for lunch together . |
| 25 | ‘ They went out for walks up to five times a day and he spoiled Champ rotten . |
| 26 | ‘ After they gave up twelve-furrow work — when the machines came in — they went in for flat-work , wide stetches , even on the heaviest land , of anything up to eighteen yards . |
| 27 | They went in for warmth . |
| 28 | But typewriters we had problems with because , if they went in for repair , you never got them back from the Ordinance Core , and so at one place in Tunbridge Wells we handed a typewriter in and because the army were allowed to buy greaseproof paper , we bought a lot of greaseproof paper which came in the package of a new typewriter . |
| 29 | They went in for half-time one up and within minutes of coming out were two up … with top scorer Craig Maskell raising the roof … |
| 30 | They looked out for Barbara Coleman on the way , but there were taxis about and no one doubted she would have called one . |