Example sentences of "they [verb] for [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They extend for about half the radius of the disk . |
| 2 | If , for the moment , we accept the narrow definition offered by Goody and Watt ( in Goody , 1968 ) and remember not to draw general conclusions about ‘ literacy ’ as such from the arguments presented there , we nevertheless still find some problems about accepting the kinds of consequences they assume for even that limited form of ‘ literacy ’ . |
| 3 | They called for so many generator , we had double of them . |
| 4 | Inner-city blacks often see better-paid jobs as beyond their reach : they ask for too many qualifications , they are too far away , there is nobody to look after the children . |
| 5 | All through the 1960s the package holiday market had grown and by the early 1970s they accounted for nearly half of all overseas travel . |
| 6 | The harbour had stone quay walls founded around low water level on either side of the stream but principally on the South bank where they extended for over half a mile . |
| 7 | Creditors would no longer have the absolute right of imprisoning their debtors upon a judgement over £20 ‘ which they have for so many years possessed and in some cases abused ’ . |
| 8 | Moreover , if banks wish to attract more borrowers , they might well consider how they can soften the rather forbidding image which we found they have for so many people . |
| 9 | There they stayed for nearly half an hour . |
| 10 | Twenty years ago , about sixty of them accounted for roughly half of all FDI , reflecting the oligopolistic forces discussed earlier . |