Example sentences of "for [v-ing] they [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor was there any reason to believe that the Conservatives would support an Asquith government when Asquith had been responsible for turning them out of office . |
| 2 | And how very understated and very British , with every man of its crew trying not to show how pleased he was or how embarrassed , and quietly thanking the good Lord for getting them out of the mess in the Bay , and if He would n't mind , could some other perishing submarine have the next thirty-eight ? |
| 3 | ‘ This is ludicrous because we are responsible for getting them out of any real trouble , should it arise . |
| 4 | Kelburne , winners of the title for the past three years are always at their best when forced into a tight corner and so on this occasion Magee was the man responsible for getting them out of jail . |
| 5 | The enemy prisoners and hurt could be left to find their way back to Roxburgh as best they could , stripped of their arms , armour and anything else worth having — although some of the mosstroopers were for slaying them out of hand . |