Example sentences of "for [pers pn] [verb] [prep] their " in BNC.

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1 Smaller levers had been built flush into the floor for them to manipulate with their rear feet .
2 To ensure that individual students were not losers under the system , access funds were distributed to higher education institutions for them to use at their discretion to help students in particular need .
3 They used to send me their orders perhaps three weeks before they were coming , either for us to deliver or for us to erm have them ready for them to collect on their way up .
4 Barbara Andrews of Rhyl said her son Mark and his friends were desperate for letters as there was so little for them to do in their spare time .
5 ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final .
6 ‘ This will be an opportunity for them to come into their own but without having to do anything that might upset their families . ’
7 On food safety , my hon. Friend will be aware of the crippling effect of veterinary inspection charges on chicken-producing companies such as John Rannoch and Sovereign Chicken in my constituency , which are making it impossible for them to compete with their European counterparts .
8 And yet , what is required , if teachers are ever to enjoy the prestige of true professionals , is to encourage them to reach out into the society they are there to serve , rather than for them to retreat behind their school walls .
9 True , her book is devoted mostly to the early characteristics of her subjects , the brief biographies she provides for them ending in their mid-twenties .
10 It is extremely painful for them to add to their burdens at a time when they are most hard pressed at work or with their own families .
11 It would be impossible for him to speak of their past , or of her , without seeming vulgarly proprietary ; or of Jim , without seeming barbed ; or of Sam ; or even of work .
12 They are , quite clearly , highly organized and know what they are about , though it is difficult for us to reach into their world and see it from their point of view .
13 And we ask them to bring together er list of the businesses which they are happy for us to approach on their behalf
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