Example sentences of "they [vb past] [to-vb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They began to look for more drink and the Junior showed his initiative by going up to the off-licence with the Porter and bringing back armfuls of the stuff . |
| 2 | When they started to gather for another push , the second wave of mounted police went in , scattering the pickets right across the field . |
| 3 | But at the time they thought that was all they could get , and they decided to go for half a loaf rather than the whole . |
| 4 | When they discovered a pair of woman 's shoes they decided to hunt for more clues , even joking that ‘ we might find a body . ’ |
| 5 | Shortly afterwards , Fiona and James moved to Belgium , where they decided to try for another baby . |
| 6 | They had to settle for much less , however , and an understanding was reached with local authorities , in spite of some early reluctance on their part . |
| 7 | They 're here all this morning , but they had to go for another meeting . |
| 8 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |