Example sentences of "they come [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 They came partly for the singing , the people .
2 They do n't they do n't accept him They came here for years ,
3 Donal Lunny came down , and Gerry O'Beirne and Mary Custy and Eoin O'Neill , my sister Mary , and Adam Calyton , Mike Scott and Steve Wickham had been over in Spiddal at the time , working with John , so they came over for the crack .
4 It was breathed against her lips , as they came up for air , and the erotic fire scorching through her made her dizzy with illicit longing .
5 Two of Queen Victoria 's night dresses failed to attract any interest when they came up for auction .
6 Well , they came round for her in a blue car … . ’
7 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 .
8 Then they came together for discussion and forward planning .
9 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 .
10 and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work
11 Last year they came back for a checkup and medics found their wheelchairs were ruined by the war torn terrain .
12 And they came back for another fortnight of re-building !
13 Many experts are now asking : ‘ Did they come in for the kill a little too early ? ’
14 And then was did they come back for tea at the house ?
15 Joan 's just rung see they come over for , all of them come over for dinner every Sunday , and er Joan 's er Andrea 's going out with a crowd of them today she 's in with a nice girl a girl er married and the husband , he 's treats Andrea as if it 's a baby sister , so he 's more or less looking after her which is Joan 's very pleased about
16 They come here for training .
17 I do n't know why they come here for in this weather it 's beautiful there
18 Well , Christine takes him up there if they come here for the weekend .
19 Aloof , distant , stylishly diving for fish , roughly ambushing seals when they come up for air .
20 so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty .
21 Thrown out of their homes , rejected by their families , they come together for protection .
22 they come down for the course and they do n't have one .
23 Surely it helped with the welcomes they received all down the river with locals for ever insisting they come in for meals , to stay , to be guests of honour in parties for the whole town , to be driven round and shown the sights and to have their strange English accents listened to .
24 Remember John and I went on a , a visit down to see their hut and to be honest , they were making a very good job of the hut , what they come in for , is er , a second bite , really , erm , they 've got to , to floor the roof which we er , thought was quite interesting .
25 So it 's two days out in the field with one of our trainers or top people and then they come in for the three day course .
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 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 . ’
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