Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] for peace " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the following summer that Cadwallon surprised Osric 's forces and slew the Deiran leader , thereafter ravaging widely across Anglian territory and slaying Eanfrith when he came to sue for peace ( HE 111 , 1 ) . |
| 2 | Without his aid , Edward was bound to negotiate for peace with Scotland ; but the best he could do was to conclude a thirteen-year truce in 1323 . |
| 3 | Here , on 1 July , they were joined by the Young King and such was the overwhelming strength of their combined forces that both Aimar of Limoges and Élie of Périgord decided to sue for peace . |
| 4 | She was compelled to sue for peace and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris was disarmed on the Black Sea . |
| 5 | The rebels were forced to sue for peace — and they received it , but only on condition that they too took the cross . |
| 6 | Surely all political parties would do well to agree that there is to be no political vacuum in Northern Ireland and that we are determined to fight for peace as the future of Northern Ireland . |