Example sentences of "and they [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | S. H. There was a lot of us on reserve duty at St George 's Hall , about forty or fifty of us , and one bloody bobby sat there with us and they sent for him . |
| 2 | It did n't dawn on me how seriously injured I was until I got into hospital and they sent for a cameraman to photograph me because they had never seen anyone survive injuries like mine and they wanted a record . |
| 3 | Yes and they sent for er Mr sent for an ambulance and all , but he refused to get into it , once he heard the ambulance was coming he was all |
| 4 | But before doing so , he contacted the solicitors who represented him in 1981 and they arranged for the crown court appearance . |
| 5 | He returned the embrace and they relaxed for a while in the comfort and safety of each other . |
| 6 | , and they came for eighteen months , two years , at the end of which the quality of the work had deteriorated , price was rocketing up |
| 7 | After supper my father went to see the doctor and they went for a walk together to kill time up until the appointed hour . |
| 8 | He asked what they would like to drink and they asked for coffee , declining his offer of liqueurs . |
| 9 | The on-set problems of Freud led to Clift suing Universal , claiming they had n't paid him all of his $200,000 fee , and they counter-sued for nearly $700,000 . |
| 10 | But , er , so hopefully Michelle will get this next Tracey 's position , and obviously sort of in in the meantime and providing her position comes up they are bringing in a Telesales County Secretary , which was n't gon na come in for about a year cos they wanted to sort of like , trial it , but now they 've decided if that 's what they want the position to do erm it 'll probably happen in the next two months and they said for me to go for it from our division , so I said right , okay . |
| 11 | There was the afternoon when he drove out to the Crumbles and they slept for three hours , the wind pushing at the side of the car like a crowd . |
| 12 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 13 | And they had a strap and they used to carry all the weight on their foreheads and on , and through their necks , and they used to climb , we went up to seventeen and a half thousand feet , and they climbed up with all these bags and they cooked for us and they got river water for us and sometimes they had to walk a kilometre to the river to go and get the water and then carry it back again er with the band around their heads and so initially it seemed quite difficult to accept them doing this for you , but for them it was a job and erm it was probably the only sort of job that they could get . |
| 14 | The shock of Charles and his army appearing suddenly when they were supposed to be usefully employed in far distant Italy filled the Saxons with fear , and they sued for peace . |
| 15 | He travelled widely in those days , often accompanied by his wife , and they lived for two years in the United States where he was responsible for ICI 's affairs in North and South America . |
| 16 | Traditionally , the C2 and D groups were the so-called ‘ mass market ’ , and they accounted for over 60 per cent of adults until the late seventies . |
| 17 | She wondered what had been the use of all that trying to get clean on the train if they were now lost in a place where nobody would ever find them , not even when something happened and they disappeared for ever . |
| 18 | He jumped out of the cart , lifted Arkhina down , and they ran for the stairway . |
| 19 | Then Ariel took Roukoubé and clicked to Paca to follow , as Sycorax before had taken Dulé and Paca 's predecessor , and they embarked for Oualie . |
| 20 | A lift was coming and they waited for it . |
| 21 | IB4E paid the money and they waited for the train to take them to Ratvick . |
| 22 | Peggy moved her head in a gesture that brought her mother 's and Henry 's full attention on her , and they waited for some seconds before Peggy , moving up the hall towards the drawing-room , explained , ‘ It 's … it 's his particular part of the day ; he … he likes to see to her himself . ’ |
| 23 | Their findings therefore seemed puzzling and they looked for possible explanations . |
| 24 | And they Sought for a Better Sign from Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) , and there was a Sign ; ii . |
| 25 | And they paid for it . ’ |
| 26 | Hereford made one bad mistake … and they paid for it … |
| 27 | you know they went and they tried for the erm flying business . |
| 28 | The limousine was finally slowing to a halt and they scrambled for their shoes . |
| 29 | They wanted to see scientific and technical programmes dealing specifically with issues such as employment possibilities for youth , and they called for more cultural programmes reflecting young Chilean people 's interests . |
| 30 | Now , the , the membership of this particular , er , special purposes committee if you like , erm is the core officers and three other members , and they called for volunteers , and one came from Avon , one came from Dorset , put his name forward from Wiltshire . |