Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The colour microfiche is accompanied by a catalogue detailing each image and statements by all the artists , many of them written specifically for this publication . |
| 2 | Rehearsing the likely interview with a friend and asking them to look out for these points can help . |
| 3 | I rarely see any of them coming back for more . ’ |
| 4 | This was indeed what was sought by the IS team in the first place , and was a concept to which they clung tenaciously for some time . |
| 5 | Happily they lived together for several weeks , until Killigrew told his young bride that duty called him to town . |
| 6 | So they lived happily for many years . |
| 7 | Will they disappear again for another two or three hundred years ? |
| 8 | Billie could see their closeness when Adam let her out , saw that they cared deeply for each other . |
| 9 | Nor do they know why for many years , almost to this day , footprints were to be found in a field near to the earthworks of the castle where a famous duel was said to have been fought between two brothers during the Civil War and where no seed would grow . |
| 10 | Roughly how many more steps does the boy have to take if they walk together for half a kilometre ? |
| 11 | However , the cows are hardy sucklers and economic feeders ; they breed regularly for many years on extensive systems and are said to ‘ age gracefully ’ . |
| 12 | The so-called Main Force bombers from 5 and 6 Groups further north were usually later on the scene and were very heavily loaded with high explosives and incendiaries , and they came in for some real pastings . |
| 13 | and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work |
| 14 | And they came back for another fortnight of re-building ! |
| 15 | They walked on for several paces in silence . |
| 16 | They worked together for many years ; they would drink together on an evening . |
| 17 | And it left boss Graham Taylor saying : ‘ This was no fluke and they worked hard for each other . |
| 18 | So that 's probably why they go in for more of these courses things |
| 19 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 20 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 21 | Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished . |
| 22 | However , they give little information about the obstetric features of their cases , which might be quite important since matching is essential with such small numbers — for example , were the babies predominantly born during preterm labour or were they delivered electively for some obstetric complication ? |
| 23 | Were th were they taken out for any specific reason ? |
| 24 | The schoolfellows had been appointed to the Racer together through the efforts of a family friend of the Rogerses , and they serve together for much of their time at sea , occasionally allotted to different ships so as to give the author freedom to range more widely in space and circumstance . |
| 25 | I have no research to prove that it is an effective relaxation technique , but everyone who has experienced it asks for it when they come back for more treatment . ’ |
| 26 | I have no research to prove that it is an effective relaxation technique , but everyone who has experienced it asks for it when they come back for more treatment . ’ |
| 27 | Rather than alight at the Gare du Nord railway terminal , they stayed on for another stop , leaving at Châtelet in the centre of the city . |
| 28 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 29 | If they 've had it for more than a month , encourage them to get out for some fresh air but not too much vigorous exercise . |