Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 2 | Mr Steyn suggested one Prime Suspect voter may have said they voted for GBH , and then ‘ a little lie snowballed ’ . |
| 3 | Mr Steyn suggested one Prime Suspect voter may have said they voted for GBH , and then ‘ a little lie snowballed ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
| 5 | In granting the county court order , Judge Geoffrey Vos said the families ' affidavits showed they feared for their children . |
| 6 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 7 | I remember little of my stay in the intensive care unit , but I am told they cared for me every second of the night and day . |
| 8 | The Bradwell School Board in the beginning comprised Rev A.C. Woodhouse , Messrs Ward , Wyllie , C.W. Powell ( Solicitor ) , and it appears they struggled for some years . |
| 9 | No not for the , I do n't think they went for the day . |
| 10 | I can only suggest , Bill , that you swaddle them both and keep them immobilised for a week . |
| 11 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 12 | Normally that would mean they qualified for the world indoor event , but Johnson has the option of appealing to Athletics Canada for one of Canada 's two 60m berths . |
| 13 | But wherever Whites went to settle they clamoured for railway stations . |
| 14 | She knew they mated for life , and though she did not think much of married bliss , yet she approved of constancy . |
| 15 | It had not been posted from outside or even sent through the internal mail in one of the recycled envelopes Prince Charles insisted they used for the interminable memos that are a feature of Palace life . |
| 16 | to start off and then erm , I think they went for work permits or something |
| 17 | Neck and spoke they raced for mile after mile , the horse only drawing breath to ensure Ian was there to open the gates along the way , and to use Ian as a guide when Sally got lost in the maze of the Clubhouse car park ! |
| 18 | Alix was mousy , square-faced , healthy of complexion , and , even then , extraordinarily pleasant of expression , with a pleasantness that was at times radiant , and almost always irrefutable : she was wearing , as girls who had them did for their Oxbridge interviews in those days , a two-piece middle-aged suit of an oatmeal mix , with square shoulders and a straight skirt . |
| 19 | ‘ Someone said they thought for a moment you were your mother . ’ |
| 20 | Although the Orcs and Goblins were beaten they accounted for only a small part of Skarsnik 's horde . |
| 21 | HEALTH Service executives Neville and Carole Baggaley had only one complaint with the petrol Ford Escort they used for their daily 75-mile round trip to work : its thirst . |
| 22 | They clasped hands and held them clasped for a time . |
| 23 | They used to pay , perhaps , thirty five a head or something like that for the summer , whole summer till November , then you 'd say they 'd for home again , yeah . |