Example sentences of "from their [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 15s. a year in 1889 from their Society for Aged or Infirm Baptist Ministers ; Wesleyan retired ministers , after thirty years ' work , got $44 p.a . |
| 2 | There was considerable suspicion , for example , of health visitors , deriving from their reputation for criticism of poor mothers ' conduct of their homes and families . |
| 3 | It seemed unfair that Mary , Patrick and Rosie had all been reconciled , and that Moira alone was excluded — banished from their affection for ever . |
| 4 | On the one hand , if they are mothers they are more likely to delay seeking help from their GP for fear that their children will be taken into care . |
| 5 | At the age of seven he had been put on a ship to Britain , kissed by his mother and sisters , shaken hands with by his Pop , and banished from their sight for the next eleven years , save two brief holidays . |
| 6 | The Scots failed to qualify from their pool for the main competition and suffered a heavy defeat in the plate but , as they left their hotel , there were words of consolation . |
| 7 | That had always been the plan and was not some presbyterian purge on behalf of the coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey in retribution for Scotland 's showing in the tournament , where , for the second successive week , they failed to qualify from their pool for the main competition and suffered a heavy defeat in the plate . |
| 8 | The unrest stems from their demand for higher salaries and better working conditions and has brought the day-to-day operations at the ministry of finance to a virtual standstill . |
| 9 | The men 's feelings were not so well defined and they were not to be diverted from their search for tea . |
| 10 | Who was employed before they came here , that had erm , sickness pay from their employer for any time they were off . |
| 11 | Newton Aycliffe police investigating an incident when a stolen car was smashed into a policeman 's house last week say they have had good response from their appeal for witnesses and are waiting for forensic test results . |
| 12 | Much of the significance of ancient sites comes from their use for ritual purposes , and this is borne out by the survivals of ancient traditions . |
| 13 | Apart from their use for research , such reconstruction drawings and paintings are used for display purposes for site j visitors , and are often published as illustrations in books and magazines . |
| 14 | Oswald and his wife Jenny have been selling wet fish from their stall for 45 years . |