Example sentences of "and they [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | and they say pen and then they say one rupee , which is a tiny bit of currency , erm and they ask for pens for their school so that they can write at school . |
| 2 | And they ask for four for a very good reason . |
| 3 | Red dwarfs are faint , cool and small , and they account for 70 per cent of the Galaxy 's stars . |
| 4 | I made four locks for the gates on Lord 's cricket ground er and when I 'm telling you this , and practically without exception , they must 've er got to know me and they come for what they wanted . |
| 5 | And they know for a fact the minute your kids grab them that you 've got to pay . |
| 6 | We work in the Factory , good work is done here , and they deduct for our food and our keep . |
| 7 | As Welsh hockey moves up a step and they prepare for their European Cup qualifier next year , their next games are against Belgium at Newtown at the end of the month . |
| 8 | The refectory stays open for staff , visitors and conference work and they cater for many special functions throughout the campus . |
| 9 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 10 | What the ovules do is they stay in the grasses and they wait for the pollens to arrive . |
| 11 | It 's difficult to judge the especially when the person that you for by someone just popping round and picking something up and they stay for ages , and they did n't know I was taping and then something clicked up in the middle of it . |
| 12 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 13 | They 're ambitious and they strive for upward social mobility . |
| 14 | They have a certain vibrancy , an eye-catching quality , and they go for impact without forsaking good taste . |
| 15 | And when they go on holiday with Ann and the old man they used to get through a hundred pounds a day and they go for a week . |
| 16 | They regard it as significant that the eighth and ninth century saw an increasing volume of exchanges not initiated by the state , but " privately-generated " ; and they look for the new wealth-creators among lords and peasants , finding in rural markets crucial mechanisms of exchange . |
| 17 | And made them a f and they look for their fry every Saturday and I stopped doing it . |
| 18 | They try to use their theories to improve policy-making and they search for theories which will be relevant and useful for this purpose . |
| 19 | Like all individuals in this army , they are blind and they search for their prey by tapping with their antennae . |
| 20 | Oh it was yes , I mean y when you take now erm er a boatman , I mean , and he , he like today well they ring up , I mean today I know the Ipswich Port Authority they lay the phone on the houses and they pay for it for 'em |
| 21 | 4 Parties aim to win office and they compete for the support of the electorate at the polls on the basis of programmes of policies , or manifestos , that are set before the electorate for their judgement . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And they choose for themselves just how they fill that time . |
| 24 | It immediately alarms all the others and they head for home at speed . |
| 25 | And if things are going wrong at home , or with the boyfriend or the baby and a girl is really distraught , the others will rally round and make her coffee , take the baby and feed it , because they understand , and they feel for her . |
| 26 | And they do for 5–10 minutes , then he speaks out of the silence , ‘ and I know what he is saying is of the Holy Spirit — it resonates so clearly in me and rings true ’ . |
| 27 | So they are in touch with their community and they do for the most part , know what 's going on , on their beat . |
| 28 | Managers have two good motives to avoid a deal with creditors for as long as they can : they keep their jobs longer , and they work for shareholders , who do not want a deal either . |
| 29 | The fans have created a special Anglo-Gallic chant for him , and they call for his reinstatement when he is not in the team , as was the case here for all but the last six minutes . |
| 30 | The authors propose two ways forward : they encourage a change in attitudes and they call for some specific legislative measures . |