Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] for them " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , Richard Baxter was laid low with illness and could n't go , so he wrote this book for them instead . |
| 32 | And surely he would n't have omitted to teach it to her if he had planted her as another spy for them . |
| 33 | Sadly , there must be some cause for them . |
| 34 | These girls were the ones who were always getting put in detention , never did any homework , smoked dope at 11 and started having sex at 14 — shoplifting was just another phase for them to go through . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ But you ca n't have spent a lifetime with someone and not feel some affection for them . ’ |
| 36 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 37 | Here 's some fat for them . |
| 38 | He spread out some fodder for them and then turned once again for the track to the moor-top . |
| 39 | Does not he have some regard for them ? |
| 40 | I , in a moment of madness , agreed to host this party for them . |
| 41 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 42 | It may also affect the propensity of workers who become unemployed to remain union members , since the cost of membership becomes relatively more expensive and any collective bargaining advance which the union secures will have little relevance for them . |
| 43 | Well we 're doing all that work for them . |
| 44 | I ca n't say I feel much sympathy for them . |
| 45 | ‘ Although there 's not much joy for them in the one at his mother 's , which is mostly terraced with hard stone flags , and ‘ my precious flowers ’ , which must n't be touched . ’ |
| 46 | Right now when you 're tipping it in now I should use a cup now Christopher cos the jug will be too much water for them . |
| 47 | It will not be much fun for them when the weather is bad . |
| 48 | They have too much respect for them . ’ |
| 49 | I do n't have much respect for them . ’ |
| 50 | The brides as I say , nothing is too much trouble for them . |
| 51 | It 's different for Constanza , she 's got so much affection for them . |
| 52 | What REALLY pissed me off though was Girly Perm Keegan saying he could understand Leeds selling Le Turd because ‘ he had too much class for them to handle ’ . |
| 53 | But when women experience child loss , the rationale of family planning for health or other purposes tends to have little meaning for them , and many reject non-traditional means of spacing or limiting births . |
| 54 | From the point of view of the buyer , general exclusion clauses are obviously less popular , and , in general he sees little need for them to protect his own position . |
| 55 | Basically , it provided that they would be investing in her rather than letting her buy this or that security for them . |
| 56 | There was little incentive for them to be active in this regard , for only a few high-level headmen received a salary . |
| 57 | It also meant that there was little incentive for them to invest in Britain since it was more profitable for them to invest in countries where profit margins were higher . |
| 58 | Whilst social provision allows retired people to exist , there is little scope for them to grow or make full use of their later years . |
| 59 | Although the exercises are ‘ original ’ ( unless otherwise stated ) , I take little credit for them . |
| 60 | Banks thus compete against each other for them and negotiate individual terms with the firm to suit the firm 's particular requirements . |