Example sentences of "[prep] they [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found that most of them relied for information on their nearest educated contacts , the priests and the Nepmen , or else fell back on rumour , which still loomed large in their news lives . |
| 2 | An eighth of them opted for friendship groups for at least part of the time , and a few grouped their pupils by age . |
| 3 | All seven of them came for dinner . |
| 4 | His mother and a council of nobles were appointed to act as Regents , but in a short time the queen had fallen out with her colleagues , not least because she was an avowed supporter of the house of York , while several of them stood for Lancaster . |
| 5 | ‘ Everyone else was heading out of town , most of them bound for Leeds . |
| 6 | The old quarter is a delightful mixture , with charming Renaissance houses and quiet corners set amid the bustle of the narrow shopping streets , many of them reserved for pedestrians . |
| 7 | Most of them volunteered for service in Bosnia . |
| 8 | No doubt some of them volunteered for war service a year later . |