Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About one third of drivers said they used their cars for unnecessary journeys . |
| 2 | ‘ They also expressed a lack of knowledge about what was going on at the time , and they blamed their mothers for that . |
| 3 | Another highlight will be the Chilean Air Force 's Halcones aerobatic team making their first British tour since they exchanged their Pittses for Extra 300s . |
| 4 | They have little or no sexual contact and only rarely do they express their feelings for each other . |
| 5 | They have little or no sexual contact and only rarely do they express their feelings for each other . |
| 6 | Indeed MEPs in Strasbourg would be well advised , as they prepare their demands for greater powers under EMU , to strike a united front with their national colleagues . |
| 7 | Durfey may have written the lyrics himself , adding a coded signature to cock a snook at his detractors ( ‘ The Town may da-da-da-m me as a poet , but they sing my songs for all that ’ ) ; or he may conceivably have acted the part himself , for money he appeared to need , and plenty of laughs backstage . |