Example sentences of "were [adj] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Morpurgo , speaking as an ex-teacher as well as an author , supported Mr Rosen with a series of vehement statements which reflected a passionate commitment to the independence of teachers to choose books that were right for them and for their pupils . |
| 2 | Perhaps arrangements were different for them . |
| 3 | We were delighted for them and their families . |
| 4 | It was Fred Wilton who devised the theory that if carp were offered HNV baits over a long enough period , i.e. through extensive pre-baiting , they would eventually recognise that they were good for them , and seek out these baits in preference to low protein types such as bread , worms , potatoes or , indeed , even natural food . |
| 5 | Lorna Wood , a promotion activist working for the industry , gave me the full shock-horror story : ‘ People knew raisins were good for them . |
| 6 | And in that little book it said , If the firm provided space for bicycles or what have you they were responsible for them . |
| 7 | Parents were reluctant for them to leave home too early — particularly because of the loss of income to the family budget that would ensue — and there was a fear also of the independent youth culture with its sexual rituals , such as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , public courting areas where youth proudly proclaimed both its independence and sexuality . |
| 8 | He argued that the kinds of jobs which young people eventually did were determined not so much by the development of their inner drives , as by the structure of opportunities by which they were surrounded — the kinds of jobs which were available for them to do in the labour market . |
| 9 | Like everyone else , they were taken into whatever jobs were available for them . |
| 10 | Littler was a wily businessman who knew very well that things were difficult for them and realized how badly they needed his business . |
| 11 | The next few years were difficult for them all , but when Eb came home , gassed and disabled , he had done his best to put the shop back on a business footing — going in every day to work behind the counter , keeping the books , and not letting customers run up bills they could n't pay . |
| 12 | We were scared for them , but one of the men said it was a small drug . |
| 13 | ‘ On all other fronts we were ready for them , but we 'll put what we can into this one . ’ |