Example sentences of "they [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 2 | Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children . |
| 3 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 4 | Alec and his colleagues believe the military would laugh at them if they asked for personal protection weapons . |
| 5 | And so they asked for English counsel and ‘ furtherance ’ . |
| 6 | They applied for judicial review of the Secretary of State 's decisions and sought orders of certiorari to quash those decisions and declarations that the Secretary of State could not set a period for retribution and deterrence for a mandatory life sentence greater than that recommended by the judiciary , that he was required to tell the applicants the period recommended by the judiciary , and if he departed from it his reasons for so doing , and that the applicants were entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before he determined the period and for that purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State would act which was not in the applicant 's possession . |
| 7 | If they fought for one side or the other , Standard Oil would be fighting Standard Oil . |
| 8 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 9 | Despite revolutionary zeal , or perhaps because of it , they sought immediate compensations for the miseries of daily life , and spontaneous methods of attack which they mistook for political strategy . |
| 10 | Outside the gates of Zhongnanhai , where China 's top leaders reside , they shouted for political reform and democracy . |
| 11 | However , the Communists , who emerged for a second time as power broker despite their loss of seven seats in parliament , has made it clear that they will not collaborate with the Pasok leader whom they indicted for alleged wrongdoing during the interim left-right coalition government of Mr Tzannis Tzannetakis . |
| 12 | When Len arrived , they seemed for some reason to talk about nothing but health . |
| 13 | FORD , rejected as sponsors by the Premier League , yesterday became part of a £1.2m package which will ensure ITV recoup almost a third of the £4m they paid for exclusive coverage of Rangers ' European Cup ties . |
| 14 | Under Milner 's patronage , they founded for this purpose the Round Table movement , with branches in each of the dominions and a journal published in London . |
| 15 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 16 | They called for high power and torque , low smoke and exhaust emission levels , quiet , and good fuel economy . |
| 17 | They called for Italian air and naval bases to be closed to United States forces participating in Gulf operations , and also stressed the continuing importance of a " class analysis " . |
| 18 | They called for more maple syrup and more butter . |
| 19 | In the latter group there had often been erosion of their first language and their command of English was confined to the language they needed for everyday use . |
| 20 | C. H. Herford , Professor of English Literature at Manchester , pointed out in 1918 that " English " or " English Language and Literature " was " a loose name for a group of studies differing in educational aim , and in the faculties they appealed to , and those they demanded for successful prosecution " . |
| 21 | ‘ I think that they got a bit carried away , ’ she laughs , ‘ I 'm not sure why they went for that word exactly . |
| 22 | Not all were as exotic as those with a succession of Miss Worlds , some of whom had to be nursed along ( with a few retakes ) as they struggled for appropriate poise and vocabulary . |
| 23 | They did for last year . |
| 24 | doing , or did doing , they did for some purpose did n't they ? |
| 25 | Instead their lasting legacy and major influence was the legitimacy that they gave for local politics to be reduced to urban politics , which in turn consisted solely of issues concerning collective consumption . |
| 26 | They aimed for higher status jobs and felt humiliated when they were unemployed . |
| 27 | Even that did n't alter the respect they had for each other . |
| 28 | How little reason they had for this view we shall soon discover . |
| 29 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 30 | George nodded and motioned her to silence again ; although they waited for another quarter of an hour , it was a vain vigil ! |