Example sentences of "[vb infin] for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What do you want for them ? ’ |
| 2 | They might now begin to turn their minds to the new opportunities that will arise for them , as well as for the people whom we shall seek to represent . |
| 3 | Gooch said of his batsmen : ‘ You ca n't bat for them . |
| 4 | ‘ If I 'm going to watch games , I would be of more use studying the following week 's opposition and helping prepare for them . |
| 5 | If a visitor or medical practitioner has to talk to a resident through you , make sure you consult them and do n't answer for them . |
| 6 | She could not answer for them . |
| 7 | I can not answer for them . ’ |
| 8 | Well I do n't know I mean I ca n't answer for them . |
| 9 | I know about the drug industry , I do clinical trials , I do research for them . |
| 10 | And then they 'd throw you to whatever man happened to be passing for the money you 'd earn for them . ’ |
| 11 | I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’ |
| 12 | The Handbook of Over-the-Counter Medicines compiled by Mike Smith ( Kyle Cathie , £6.99 ) lists all sorts of nasty afflictions , from acne to worms , and what you can buy for them at the chemist 's . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Mitchell points out that it is of the nature of commitment to come to terms with what may count against one 's own beliefs as well as what may count for them . |
| 14 | Look at the kind of questions they get now in History , English , Geography or Social Science — you could n't cram for them , because they make you think on your feet . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't wait for them . |
| 16 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |
| 17 | When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel . |
| 18 | With Balor loping along at their side , they could not discuss whether Fenella would be all right , or speculate how soon she and Caspar would catch them up , or even try to spy out a place to stop and wait for them . |
| 19 | Mr McQueen left , heading south in time to preach next morning at Bracadale , and saying he would wait for them at Ullinish . |
| 20 | ‘ We can wait for them here on the highway . ’ |
| 21 | Are all children and me , and adults who have been baptised members of the church ? is not or you 'll be actually encouraged or pressured to misinterpret the membership or should we wait for them to be informed er er , to wait for them to , to feel the ? |
| 22 | I wo n't wait for them to send to me . |
| 23 | In their teens Angel and Pedro had hung around the polo grounds , waiting for players to fall off , so they could substitute for them . |
| 24 | Our support can only be effective to the extent that these universals obtain ; it certainly can not substitute for them . |
| 25 | I can not speak for them . ’ |
| 26 | I know authors say they prefer to let their work speak for them , but I hardly think it would harm the integrity of the book to know a little something about the man , such as that he is forty-two , married to American academic Antonia Phillips , with two children , Louis and Jacob , and that he has what he calls a ‘ middle-aged obsession ’ with competitive games , particularly tennis . |
| 27 | Remember though , you can only do this in open water ; if there are snags around you can bet the bream will head for them , and there is no way you are going to stop a big bream on 2lb line . |
| 28 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 29 | Rather than let the pressure grow for them to leave , Mr Gorbachev may offer to take them out — in return for the departure of the Americans and other NATO forces from West Germany . |
| 30 | We asked men and women what they understood by the oppression of women , what changes the new society would bring for them and what they hoped to contribute to that new society . |