Example sentences of "they [verb] [be] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 2 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 3 | It was a tradition that avoided any real contemplation of the root causes of German unease ; their preference for ‘ action ’ , rested secure in the knowledge that everything they did was for the good of the nation , sanctioned by law and sanctioned by the German people . |
| 4 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 5 | The 1480s show an average comparable with the 1430s , although this figure is probably depressed by the bad years of 1482 and 1483 in the latter year prices were higher than they had been for a century , and wages did not rise proportionately . |
| 6 | One afternoon after they had been for a swim together , Sycorax said , as Ariel took her on her back again , grunting for the old woman had grown so much heavier , it seemed , since her immersion , ‘ You are having the red man 's child . ’ |
| 7 | They were located above the centre of the road instead of being drawn out to one side , as they had been for the trams . |
| 8 | They were unfortunate in that batting conditions for them were not as favourable as they had been for the West Indians . |
| 9 | Ipswich were as lethargic at the start of the second half as they had been for the majority of the first and on the hour , in an attempt to liven them up , Lyall brought off Milton and Goddard to introduce Palmer and Johnson . |
| 10 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 11 | Why they found them striking was for the stylistician to explain . |