Example sentences of "for they and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He searched for a resting place for them and they lashed in a helplessness before finding a firm ledge out in the grey darkness beyond his vision . |
| 2 | Reality had become nightmare for them and they 'd opted out into a world where meals came , drugs were given , and all the doors were locked except for the bathroom . |
| 3 | You told me Stevie was coming round once before so I got all these water bombs , water bombs ready for them and they came round they were n't there . |
| 4 | He pushed it open for them and they went inside . |
| 5 | Well I did n't work , I opened the house for them and they looked after themselves . |
| 6 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
| 7 | It was hard work for them and they got tired very quickly . |
| 8 | ‘ So I auditioned for them and they auditioned for me and we got to like each other and at that stage we did n't give a shit what each other looked like , we just realised that there was talent there . |
| 9 | Music is a means of catharsis for them and they say they like to do things in extreme . |
| 10 | This apparently is the system which works in the family : ‘ He does favours for them and they do favours back ’ ( Pahl R.E. , 1984 , p. 340 ) . |
| 11 | Users have to ensure that the software works for them and they do not end up working for the software . |
| 12 | Now the thing that worries me is that the N R A and our linkage with them is I do n't think it 's early days for them and they have n't got the the power and the erm law behind them to enforce it as the way which I think most of us would like to think of have a erm erm an organization tha that can in fact start bringing the law in that if people fail to do what they say erm so that aspect I think I now Chris also mentioned this erm tilting in West Sussex and again that mentioned in the structure plan , because I six mill a year but in ten years that 's two and a half inches . |
| 13 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 14 | check it out for them and they want a quote , say it takes two blokes an hour each |
| 15 | As for the others : we 've trained hard for them and we think we have a good chance in the swimming . |
| 16 | They do n't set their own terms about what they expect for a good quality of life , so other people do it for them and we do a bad job of it . ’ |
| 17 | No , I know , well I mean what is there for young people to look forward to these days and I feel really sorry for them and I mean all I hope is that Jenny will get a job |
| 18 | You 'd expect about ta , thanks you used to think cor christ and then I , I mean all the bits I did for them and I remember one woman getting up saying come on Flo come and stretch and she said who are you ? |
| 19 | Those disciples , they had the storm stilled for them and it got easier sailing . |
| 20 | Cos I , I were asking if they wanted a baked tatie and that and we stood waiting for them and you noticed on sack |
| 21 | worked for them and you qualified while you were working for them . |
| 22 | Sometimes you have the same person and you have lots of different scores for them and you see whether they 're correlated but most o more often than not what we 're talking about is a number of people and to see whether the pairs of scores in some way are related Now this is probably a bit more important . |
| 23 | for them and he said there ai n't a bugger in England that 's good ! |