Example sentences of "they [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them knew for sure — except James Lambert . |
| 2 | As each financial year passes , the bow-wave does , indeed , dissipate as research and development programmes meet snags ; as decisions are delayed in the labyrinth of Whitehall committees ; as procurement contracts slip behind schedule ; and as units expend less than they asked for due to similar delays in their day-to-day training and operations . |
| 3 | Alec and his colleagues believe the military would laugh at them if they asked for personal protection weapons . |
| 4 | And so they asked for English counsel and ‘ furtherance ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Hoarse cries busied the air , and Riven heard the gulls screaming as they fought for odd fish on the quay and whirled round the masts of the ships , speckling the docks with guano . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | MORE than 60 people have died and 600 are ill after eating poisonous toadstools they mistook for wild mushrooms in the Ukraine . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 14 | Enough has been said even in this brief review to make the point that when men wished to designate sanctity or degrees of sanctity it was to the hierarchy of precious substances that they turned for appropriate symbols . |
| 15 | Because they worked for large , modern firms , the state was closely involved with their employers , which meant their industrial grievances led them into conflict with the state . |
| 16 | They called for separate bilateral agreements with each CIS member state , rather than a common agreement with the CIS Interior Ministries , and also decided to keep Russian as the language for their joint negotiations . |
| 17 | They called for democratic elections in the trade unions . |
| 18 | They called for increased federal spending , citing expert opinion that the country needed between $1,000,000 million and $3,000,000 million to repair crumbling roads and bridges . |
| 19 | They called for monthly limits for Nox emissions from a variety of solid fuels , with the highest being 400 mg per cubic metre . |
| 20 | They called for high power and torque , low smoke and exhaust emission levels , quiet , and good fuel economy . |
| 21 | 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 " . |
| 22 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 " . |
| 25 | If they knew for certain that a vote of censure could not result in a general election , but would simply bring about a reshuffle in the Government , their conduct would become more robust . |
| 26 | They went for small-scale figures , often made to appear more youthful than the subject allowed . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Although they struggled for long periods against the same Turkey side England beat 4-0 last month , Graham Taylor — watching from the stands — said : ‘ Of the three results possible , this was the worst one . |
| 29 | Their findings therefore seemed puzzling and they looked for possible explanations . |
| 30 | They looked for intermediate forms to bridge the gaps that Cuvier insisted lay between the known classes and types . |