Example sentences of "for [pron] [noun pl] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do try not to be a stupidly over-indulgent grandparent , but then I remember how my own mother would refill jam tarts for my children after they 'd licked the jam out of the pastry , and they seem to have suffered no ill effects ! |
| 2 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 3 | She was demonstrating aerobic movements and hostessing for her guests as they arrived . |
| 4 | Shelley 's senses turned violent somersaults , and she was n't responsible for her words as they tumbled out . |
| 5 | While waiting for her passengers as they inspected isolated gun-sites on windswept clifftops and rocky promontories , Liza was urged by her passengers to switch on the car engine to keep herself warm , however much she knew this procedure to be frowned upon by her direct superiors at Command Headquarters . |
| 6 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 7 | It is too disgusting for the children to know ; they have not the same respect for their parents when they know that . |
| 8 | He himself comes up with the plan of delegation , and he empowers the seventy elders for their tasks once they are chosen . |
| 9 | One example of such confusion is the doctrine of diminished responsibility : the idea that persons should not be punished for their actions because they were under stress . |
| 10 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 11 | Advantages include the fact that you are not responsible for their rents if they leave and that you have a clearly-defined personal space , however small . |
| 12 | Such a view assumes that as wives , mothers and daughters , women care less for their families because they are more active outside the home . |
| 13 | Recent pictures on television showing young Kiwi enthusiasts pestering Test cricketers for their autographs as they left the field of play — and this actually during a Test match ! — have led me to ruminate on the lasting attraction of the pursuit of cricketers ' signatures . |
| 14 | Fillis fed sugar and carrots to horses belonging to other people , and was convinced that the horses lacked affection for their owners because they started whinnying to him after a number of visits with the food . |
| 15 | The people of Ben Ami were not frightened but they were prepared for an enemy ; and visitors interested in the Arab–Jewish war of 1948 were well advised to present convincing explanations for their questions before they stirred memories too deeply . |
| 16 | Under the rules of 1865 they remained responsible for their publications after they had seen them into print . |
| 17 | BRITONS are becoming a nation of tactical shoppers , only reaching for their wallets when they see a bargain . |
| 18 | QPR are also charging the same for their shirts as they did last year — £19.99 — and although their shorts and socks are not yet available they are still among the cheapest . |
| 19 | Many students find it difficult to obtain insurance cover for their belongings whilst they 're lining in digs or halls of residence . |
| 20 | But it is also due partly to less creditable reasons : women 's wages and the benefits they can draw for their children when they are at work are generally lower here ; and day care for children is scarcer and poorer than in many other countries . |
| 21 | This will give accepting shareholders a market for their shares when they eventually decide to sell , which is an advantage over unlisted securities . |
| 22 | This made things much simpler for his advisers because they knew exactly the sort of information Reagan wanted to hear . |
| 23 | He was slated for his tactics when they went wrong , but how often did that happen ? |
| 24 | And er Liverpool people were very good , very kind , they always had a meal for me things if they could . |
| 25 | Yeah , well I suppose any , I mean if they go to London or Manchester or , or er I , I think they 're gon na produce something rather like th the books you buy for your kids when they 're young , you know . |
| 26 | Now I 'm an ex-gardener I 'm a horticulturist it take roughly about forty years for trees to reach maturity it does n't say much for our planners if they plan to put those trees there and then now are gon na have them up again it sounds much like change for changes sake and that that it basically my comment . |
| 27 | It was the Captain who voiced his opinion for him : ‘ It 's no wonder we ca n't find flats for our boys when they want to get married , with this sort of competition . |
| 28 | We know that , even given half-way decent funding , rehabilitation approaches and much of special education could never work well for our children because they start with low expectations , and are very unclear about what they are trying to achieve . |