Example sentences of "[vb past] for their " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEEDY : Rumpled bed and empty bottles in the borrowed Fulham flat where Mellor and Antonia met for their steamy love sessions |
| 2 | We were woken at the crack of dawn by the pitter patter of seagulls as they pecked for their breakfast . |
| 3 | Maybe it was the wild untamedness of the river , its banks populated by real people , proud and self sufficient , who cared for their neighbours as well as their own . |
| 4 | I have met wonderful doctors who really cared for their old patients , but sometimes the doctors were dismissive and rude , believing that there was little point in wasting valuable resources on the elderly as they were going to die soon anyway . |
| 5 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 6 | All her staff believed she genuinely cared for their welfare for no other reason than her deeply-felt need to be surrounded by a contented workforce . |
| 7 | They say that until his death he cared for their mother , who 's disabled with polio . |
| 8 | The clerk behind the hatch asked for their empties before she 'd hand over the new bottles but they had n't got them . |
| 9 | Arran convened his kin and friends , and all the other nobles who would support him , and asked for their backing against the cardinal . |
| 10 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 11 | So I put it to him , ‘ Being famous does n't necessarily endow a guitarist with insight into the design and workings of the guitar , so why are artists so often asked for their input and reviewers almost never , when our job is to understand , examine and pass judgement on guitars on a daily basis ? ’ |
| 12 | It asked for their support in getting the law changed , and the guidelines strengthened by law . |
| 13 | We asked for their advice ( not all of them , there are nearly half a million users ! ) and the question that we asked was … |
| 14 | And I went in there , and asked for their tailoring department and er er I found out after that I was just dead lucky , one of their trouser finishers was going to er leave , she was getting married , and she was leaving and erm although you did n't have to leave then , she she she sort of had got to leave , so er I just fell lucky , there . |
| 15 | He had an idea that he would find himself another flat , and he actually called at a number of agencies in the Bayswater area and asked for their lists . |
| 16 | For example , it used to be the time when farmers asked for their crops to be blessed for the coming year . |
| 17 | And she asked for their support over a difficult period . |
| 18 | Then I thought I would try writing a thirty-minute comedy play , which I sent to ITV and asked for their comments . |
| 19 | The independent surveyor asked for their submissions in order to assist him in his task . |
| 20 | The Committee asked for their good wishes to be sent to her . |
| 21 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 22 | There is one sentiment all the Glosters share from the soldiers of today to the troops who fought for their country 80 years ago . |
| 23 | Everybody made for their beds early . |
| 24 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 25 | BRITISH holidaymakers told yesterday how they fled for their lives when a killer flood surged through their campsite . |
| 26 | They fled for their lives as the great Hell-hounds caught their scent and bayed in savage glee . |
| 27 | Nor was there a considerable shift in the direction of the services , economic , administrative and professional , which they provided for their territories . |
| 28 | She rocked her shoulders and her delicious boobs bounced for their titillation . |
| 29 | Expeditions were mounted for Sannikov 's Land , and two parties of explorers perished for their troubles . |
| 30 | By contrast , two soldiers and a Timorese policeman had on June 1 received prison sentences ranging from eight to 17 months , while on June 6 two army officers , the last of 10 charged for their direct involvement in the massacre , had received sentences of one year and eight months respectively . |