Example sentences of "when they [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches . |
| 2 | When they applied for help with arrears , " The DHSS told me to sell some of the furniture or the telly . |
| 3 | He alleged that inquiry officers had lied about seeing a flickering light in a bedroom window of his home when they applied for a search warrant . |
| 4 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 5 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 6 | Remember ages ago when they knocked for you and Billy |
| 7 | Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning . |
| 8 | When they left for Paris , Marguerite would have to go with them . |
| 9 | ‘ Others will talk eloquently about being chased around desks when they went for job interviews . ’ |
| 10 | The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium . |
| 11 | You know when they said , when they went for a very radical policy |
| 12 | Prior to that Meath had come off best when they accounted for Down in the 1990 league decider . |
| 13 | " It 's true , " he told Harry and Ann when they looked for confirmation . |
| 14 | For all his-lofty declarations of the Christian mission to liberate the enslaved subjects of Communism , when they pleaded for liberation he remained deaf , if it meant risking war . |
| 15 | Dean Richards and Rory Underwood helped swell the crowd at Newcastle Gosforth when they played for Leicester in their 10–0 Pilkington Cup quarter-final victory last Saturday . |
| 16 | SLOUGH moved a step closer to achieving a League and Cup double when they qualified for today 's final against Hightown by convincingly beating Blueharts 11–1 in the semi-final of the All England Women 's Hockey Association Cup at Milton Keynes Sports Club yesterday . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 18 | In such a situation in a foreign country I am never able to speak the language , so when they asked for my passport I just said ‘ Hotel ’ , because Spanish hotels always kept visitors ' passports , at any rate for the first night . |
| 19 | When they asked for volunteers to carry out the various tasks of such a committee , the offers came in promptly from all parts of the Hall . |
| 20 | She planned to say nothing about her ram-raid revenge — but contacted police to confess when they appealed for witnesses . |
| 21 | It was quite another to see his ‘ independence ’ from Moscow discounted by the gullible Western leaders , especially when they fell for Gorbachev 's ‘ revisionist , charms . |
| 22 | With the exception of one firm which has only males , they have been obliged to employ women on keyboards , because when they advertised for operators , no men came forward . |
| 23 | Anglers discovered dead fish frozen into the Grand Union Canal when they arrived for a major match . |
| 24 | Nigel , 34 , and his girl-friend Brix Smith both created a stir when they arrived for the ceremony . |
| 25 | NEW pupils at a dog obedience class were all shapes and sizes when they arrived for their first lesson yesterday . |
| 26 | More and more they were now given the title of " extraordinary " , even when they remained for long periods at the courts to which they were sent : increasingly the term , applied to either an ambassador or an envoy , became a mere title of honour . |
| 27 | When they allowed for four different levels of transactions costs , they concluded that many potential opportunities for profitable arbitrage remained . |
| 28 | When they broke for coffee Gesner went over to her , clutching his paper cup in his hand . |
| 29 | When they broke for lunch she left the stage very quickly , anxious only to go back to her room . |
| 30 | Doing their best for the glory of Canada , the whole field of eleven swept round the bend and went down the far side as if welded together , and it still seemed when they turned for home that that was how they might finish , in a knot . |