Example sentences of "for a [noun] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm if you listen to things on the radio they they have at the end of a sentence or at the end of some sentence quite a pause for a second before they go on |
| 2 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |
| 3 | New boys were excused fagging for a fortnight until they had found their feet . |
| 4 | Not dear Julia 's pretty little girl , or David 's daughter who keeps hanging round the theatre , nor even Brian 's big sister who 'd lend the gang a quid for a video if they were skint . |
| 5 | And if they thought that she was going to invite Colin and Yvonne in for a drink when they arrived they would get a shock . |
| 6 | And there was no need for a revolution because they 'd achieve those fourteen massive achievements . |
| 7 | But Geoff , he do n't shout out or anything — he just waits for a bit till they finish their tea and then he shouts out ‘ Enjoy your tea then ’ , and as they look up he pisses a bit more and they go barmy . ’ |
| 8 | Nobody can pretend for a minute that they do n't know what 's going on . |
| 9 | The fellers down there are always good for a laugh but they do n't know what any of the places are like . |
| 10 | Interior Minister Carlos Saavedra Bruno announced on July 17 a 120-day amnesty period for drug traffickers to surrender voluntarily in return for a guarantee that they would not be extradited to stand trial in the United States . |
| 11 | Then they had to stop for a rest because they were so tired . |
| 12 | The pupils were too depressed to bother sneaking into each other 's rooms for a chat as they usually did on the first night back at school . |
| 13 | Yesterday West Yorkshire officers advised women to stay in their cars and wait for a patrol if they break down . |
| 14 | It 's time for a change if they want to survive , and first up for a face-lift is their music . |
| 15 | I reckon they must 've nearly got enough for a ticket cos they ask quite a few people . |
| 16 | them two have not been for a while so they 've crossed off so , you have another |
| 17 | Cushions and pads may help for a while but they will never convert a seat or chair that is bad for your back into one which gives you comfort and relief . |
| 18 | Gilbey , then 21 , became a member of her social circle and many of their friends assumed for a while that they were a couple . |
| 19 | Ritualization will then take place , over evolutionary time , in escalating rounds of ever more extravagant signals , to which in turn the recipients respond for a while before they discover ( in the case of the cuckoo 's foster parent ) the distinction between the begging of cuckoos and that of their own young . |
| 20 | It 's not unusual for blood pressure to go up as a result of stress , so if you have a high reading at some point , your doctor or midwife might suggest you rest and try to relax for a while before they check it again . |
| 21 | ‘ Besides , if we hurry home , I can have you all to myself for a while before they come . ’ |
| 22 | As I watched , the flame , a centimetre behind the wasp 's wax gummed head , freed the antennae from the grease and they came upright for a while before they frazzled . |
| 23 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 24 | and er she said I wo n't hear for a while because they 're gon na move on now |
| 25 | They took out large orders of tea and coffee on cardboard trays , and after wondering for a while if they were anything to do with the film business Lucy finally decided that every last one of them was probably either a builder or a shopfitter . |
| 26 | Lowe ball-nuts have been around for a while and they are one of the best devices of this sort that I have used so far . |
| 27 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
| 28 | They would salt them down and let them lie in the brine for a while and they would take them out and dry them . |
| 29 | He was silent for a while and they could hear someone on the telephone in the main room . |
| 30 | ‘ He came with that strange quiet creature , stayed with the Queen for a while and them left . ’ |