Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 2 | and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work |
| 3 | And they came back for another fortnight of re-building ! |
| 4 | They walked on for several paces in silence . |
| 5 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 6 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 7 | Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished . |
| 8 | Rather than alight at the Gare du Nord railway terminal , they stayed on for another stop , leaving at Châtelet in the centre of the city . |