Example sentences of "their [noun pl] be [verb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he arrived at work that morning the result of their labours was waiting for him in a blue folder . |
| 2 | In fact they had known all about Crabb 's venture before they arrived at Portsmouth and their frogmen were waiting for him as he approached the cruiser . |
| 3 | Their napkins were kept for them in specially designed pigeon-holes to which they homed on entering , before head-ing for their tables . |
| 4 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |
| 5 | Parents are now having second thoughts : ‘ I 've heard people saying they would n't have chosen to put their children in school , but their friends were going for it and they were afraid they would miss out , ’ she said . |