Example sentences of "they [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of them cared for the sexually explicit — ‘ Rather like having an operation described to one , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 2 | And all three of them made for the stairs . |
| 3 | In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid . |
| 4 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 8 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 9 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 10 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 11 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 12 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Depends on on the success of their audience they got for the pantomime , not |
| 15 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 16 | They lived for the moment , and were completely happy . |
| 17 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 18 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Trent waited until they made for the upriver side , then charged forward uncaring . |
| 21 | The girls arrived at the Gare du Nord , as we will do , and then , as we will in a few days ' time , they made for the Gare de L'Est and the journey into central Europe . |
| 22 | They made for the steep edge . |
| 23 | They made for the outer offices , but it was too late . |
| 24 | As one they made for the door , but had two dozen different recollections of its exact position . |
| 25 | In fact , they asked for the practices and procedures of all the agencies involved to be thoroughly scrutinised . |
| 26 | With another part they asked for the benefit of good management but without too much external pressure . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |