Example sentences of "[pron] was [art] [noun sg] for them " in BNC.

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1 There was a bed for them you see .
2 Yes , Chairman I , I think members will be aware that er , we have er , always erm , enjoyed a very close relationship with Age Concern culture , and erm , they do invaluable work on behalf older people in the county , and I think like all organizations and in the changing climate , there was a need for them to er , to , to review their situation , and in , in the changing world , and I 'm pleased to say that Age Concern recognized that there was a need to er , to adjust their relationship with the County Council , primarily to enable them to , to further develop and take advantage of the funding opportunities that are available now under the new arrangements for care in the community .
3 It was during the floods in 1984 when lots of people lost their crops and there was no work for them .
4 ‘ They must have known as they sighted the enemy that there was no chance for them ’ , said Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain , but they had no thought of surrender ’ .
5 ‘ The kids said there was no music for them , they ca n't afford to go to concerts in Newcastle and Middlesbrough , ’ said Andrew .
6 In 1983 about 500 candidates for the priesthood had to be turned away in Asia and Africa as there was no room for them in the seminaries and no money left .
7 And she brought forth her first-born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger ; because there was no room for them in the inn .
8 And she brought forth her first born son , and wrapped him in swaddling clothes , and laid him in a manger. because there was no room for them in the inn .
9 Hospital spokesman Graham Howard admitted : ‘ They were refused because there was no room for them .
10 Could n't he see that there was no future for them , no past ?
11 And there was no future for them .
12 Medieval women were not without authority in the familial and economic spheres even if there was no place for them in public politics .
13 " And she brought forth her first-born child , and laid him in a manger , because there was no place for them in the inn . "
14 If the Masai had an educational system of their own which was functioning well according to their own criteria , there was no reason for them to view with favour the introduction into it , by people whose hegemony they accepted but did not welcome , of alien elements .
15 Nor did their broadcasts attribute any part of the story to me — there was no reason for them to do that because I 'd told them nothing they did n't already know .
16 The Association says there was no reason for them not to be rented out .
17 Yeah but they basically just do n't want to lose out either way , I mean there was no reason for them to join originally but when events happen and they see the tide turning almost , you know get with the bandwagon , I mean they , they do n't want now to be seen as the minority and the ones under threat , so you go with the er majority , with the , the stronger force
18 The KGB and GRU were so powerful that there was no need for them to behave in such an opaque manner .
19 There was no need for them to know that engineer John le Grant was its author .
20 Their critics said there was no need for them to break the law ; they made it .
21 There was no need for them to be imported to Britain since they mostly came from countries which were capable of developing their own waste-disposal programmes .
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