Example sentences of "they [vb past] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was argued that it unfairly penalized those who worked throughout their lives until their mid-sixties , but were thrown onto the Poor Law before they qualified for the pension . |
| 2 | Normally that would mean they qualified for the world indoor event , but Johnson has the option of appealing to Athletics Canada for one of Canada 's two 60m berths . |
| 3 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 4 | Soon after his call , they met for a meal at Shoney 's Big Boy restaurant where Franks/Schafer introduced him to Burchette , who was then working from home as a one-man security service , and to Jack Terrell , a former operative of Oliver North 's in Central America . |
| 5 | Depends on on the success of their audience they got for the pantomime , not |
| 6 | Next day they had taken the mirror and the pottery and the porcelain to Long Melford because there were more antique shops in Long Melford than anywhere else they had seen , but £20 was all they got for the lot . |
| 7 | They lived for the moment , and were completely happy . |
| 8 | The twins ' outfits for the panto , two of which they modelled for a preview , have cost £13,500 . |
| 9 | It is not clear from the surviving reports of the Once-Over system if the manufacturers had much evidence to support the claims they made for the CO process . |
| 10 | As one they made for the door , but had two dozen different recollections of its exact position . |
| 11 | They asked for a delegation to meet the Social Work Committee ; they asked the Director of Social Work to meet with the Action Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman to discuss the report issued by the organisation PAIN . |
| 12 | When the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales , and the Gwent and Brecknock Wildlife Trusts met council officers and their advisers they asked for an assurance the council would proceed with the bill ( 2 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 14 | With another part they asked for the benefit of good management but without too much external pressure . |
| 15 | In fact , they asked for the practices and procedures of all the agencies involved to be thoroughly scrutinised . |
| 16 | I told you they sold for a lot of money . |
| 17 | He alleged that inquiry officers had lied about seeing a flickering light in a bedroom window of his home when they applied for a search warrant . |
| 18 | After reading a letter about youths and unemployment , the gist of which was their unwillingness to work , I was incensed by the statement , ‘ Even if they applied for a job in the catering industry , it would be something ’ . |
| 19 | With regard to indirect discrimination , the EOC conducted a postal survey of all the applicants to the Society in one year to establish whether or not each candidate could have complied with the mobility requirement at the time that they applied for the job . |
| 20 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 21 | The present owners of Pool Bank were previously the tenants , and during their tenancy they cared for the gallery and strengthened it , and now as owners will watch over it with loving care . |
| 22 | European directives on acquired rights and the transfer of undertakings regulations have given public service shop stewards their first glimmer of light over C C T which they fought for a decade with little more than their own bluff and courage . |
| 23 | They fought for an hour and it seemed that neither would have the mastery . |
| 24 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 25 | Many of these Whig Jacobite tracts can be said to reflect commonwealth principles , in the sense that they argued for a monarchy which would be severely limited . |
| 26 | They argued for a while . |
| 27 | Instead they argued for a simplicity of home life . |
| 28 | They argued for a moment and Dr Dunstaple fell back dissatisfied . |
| 29 | In particular , they argued for the existence of ‘ innate releasing mechanisms ’ and ‘ fixed action patterns ’ — concepts that are best explained by examples . |
| 30 | This is precisely what Robson , Jennings , and Willis were advocating since they argued for the rationalization of our haphazard arrangements for tribunals with an appellate jurisdiction vested in an administrative appeal tribunal which would be separate from the High Court . |