Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] they [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is noteworthy that more than half did equivalent or higher level courses than those they applied for at the institutions we covered . |
| 2 | Forming a club enables them to enter competitions together , and this they did for the first time recently at the combined Hampshire and Berkshire county championships , held at Reading gaol . |
| 3 | Trying to explain her husband 's loathing of the Allies and all they stood for , Giovanna had told her that there had in fact been no German or even Italian troops in the monastery and that its destruction had been unnecessary . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | Their timescales for negotiations and those they proposed for dealing with referrals were much longer than mine . |