Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , catalysts have been proved to reduce air pollution by 75 per cent at any speed , and consequently the car industry has had to back down as EEC legislation has pushed for their adoption in member states . |
| 2 | There has developed what has been described as a ‘ transition trap ’ , experienced by the generation which has cared for their elders in the traditional manner , but whose children have increasingly embraced Western lifestyles , and fail to fulfil customary expectations about caring for their parents . |
| 3 | Instruments were , where possible , identical to those which Air France has standardised for their fleet , especially in the use of the Sperry Flight Director . |
| 4 | He has asked for their advice on what to do about the Africans in the townships — Dr. Abraham and his neighbours . |
| 5 | Perhaps I 'm the first woman who has asked for their vote . ’ |
| 6 | It brought back memories of the time , more than seventy years ago , that they 'd fought for their country . |
| 7 | Finding out that the goods were stolen after receipt is not handling , but if the accused then , for example , sells them , he may have arranged for their disposal for the benefit of another . |
| 8 | Although these biases can not be refuted , in reality the staff completing the schedules tended to be those dealing with residents on a day to day basis , rather than home owners and managers , who might have been more concerned with the implications the results may have had for their establishment . |
| 9 | Many waverers must have reached for their chequebooks and signed on with a green campaign organization after hearing the latest pronouncement assuring them that there really was something to worry about . |
| 10 | Most people would have run for their lives . |
| 11 | Over one hundred Quakers died in prison in the 1680s , most of them during the harsh winter of 1683 – 4 , and at least 450 Quakers appear to have died for their sufferings during the Restoration period . |
| 12 | is aware and the sums of money they are believed to have paid for their Euramco shares . |
| 13 | Our four mystics had no successors ; the type of spirituality they had developed for their countrymen was blotted out . |
| 14 | Not surprisingly , though deplorably , British and also many American readers continued to ignore Eliot 's French affinities , following instead the hints that Eliot had dropped for their benefit in his criticism , implying his kinship with such solidly English writers as Donne and Webster . |
| 15 | In some cases it meant helping families who had applied for their children to be taken into care to find an alternative solution . |
| 16 | Cleo sighed , and opened her mouth to speak , but at that moment the door to the parlour creaked and Drago Dratslinger and his mistress brought in the meal they had prepared for their guests , and the talk turned to that of wood and spirits , of how to trap a wandering soul . |
| 17 | My Lord m may I add one further matter , er , My Lord may I say on behalf of the family er the that your Lordship 's comments will be very gratefully received er , neither Mr or Mrs , although they 've sought recognition for what they 've done for their daughter , they did it out of their fond love for her but nevertheless having such a and such comment from your Lordship will be very , very good . |
| 18 | There was a legend that Lord 's ancestors had suffered for their allegiance to the Jacobite cause and had had their lands sequestered , forcing William Lord to work as a labourer . |
| 19 | I had been bred to regard the Jews as a people of the Book , who had suffered for their devotion to one God . |
| 20 | Everything became one long dreary goodbye as parents came to thank Cassie for all she had done for their children , and the children themselves became sad and fretful at the thought that soon Cassie would no longer be their teacher . |
| 21 | Christy went back across the sea for a ceremony on Leros to commemorate those who had died for their countries during the five day battle . |
| 22 | Mr O'Malley , of the Parents ' Association , having arrived to see what they had got for their money , stood with the rest of the interested parties , Mr Sylvester and Mrs Bean and Mr and Mrs Singh and quite a lot of the Sports Committee . |
| 23 | On the cooker to her right stood a frying pan the two women had used for their meal less than an hour ago . |
| 24 | The Polish Solidarity leader , Lech Walesa , had called for their release and had been due to arrive in Chile on Oct. 26 at the invitation of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores ( CUT ) to try to obtain their release . |
| 25 | Such brides had cared for their treasure . |
| 26 | He knew it was 10 because the brickies had gone for their breakfast and he smelt bacon . |
| 27 | Some of the men had run for their lives by now . |
| 28 | And they had fought for their country in 1939 when the Irish Republic remained neutral which was , after all , just what one could expect of rebels who had taken advantage of Britain 's involvement in the First World War to stage the 1916 Easter Rising . |
| 29 | It was not fairy gold that had fallen into their open laps : the first Mrs Headleand , it was true , had conveniently died , but Charles and Liz thereafter had worked for their position . |
| 30 | That 's fine by them , they 're professionals ; they 've worked for their Equity cards and they 're a cut above the trash that sits out front . |