Example sentences of "[pron] for them [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all were clear , undilemmatic and utterly consistent for the members of a society , there would be nothing for them to argue about , and thereby nothing about which to deliberate . |
| 2 | The bottom line was that there was nothing for them to do and those thoroughbred young men were too bright and too vigorous to put up with endless bull . |
| 3 | for example , that if a sporting event ends prematurely because of bad weather , or of attendance falls short of anticipated levels , some or all of the casual labour force can be discharged and workers need not be carried when there is nothing for them to do . |
| 4 | He had to go you see , but I mean er later in my lifetime when we lived in the in the village at I can remember very very well the the er the miners there er going to work and then coming home again , going to work and coming home again , nothing for them to do . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's nothing for them to smile about , ’ I said , quite shocked at their callousness . |
| 6 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 7 | One reason could be because all around them are utterly characterless , uniform , boring , and unmemorable buildings — nothing for them to stand and stare at , to wonder at and dream of — as there was in the heyday of the great stations . |
| 8 | erm does n't given any more details than that , but it 's red brick to local authority approval , so they 're going to submit it to them for them to agree that it fits in . |
| 9 | as if the police , or anyone else , will think there must be something wrong with them for them to have got such letters in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | The thrust of their work points away from the particularities of individuality to engage in different ways with the significance of the Incarnation which for them provides the ultimate pattern of meaning for all men . |
| 11 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
| 12 | Ah I do n't know if Russell 's going , I mean that 's something for them to sort out upstairs . |
| 13 | I , I would like to think they 'd been supported the same as the boxing club , but after all the boxing club is for youths , and I think they 've got to look after the youths erm , try and find something for them to do , as much as erm , community |
| 14 | But I think the parents should take something for them to do , I mean we used to take colouring books and books for the children to look at and |
| 15 | We 'd gone back for something for them to do something to it , it is the Metropolitan . |
| 16 | Having a spill gives them a thrill , and it 's something for them to talk about afterwards . ’ |
| 17 | They 're they 're the eyes and ears of their boss and they have to report any political pressure so we have to find something for them to report basically . |
| 18 | But before he could think of engaging skilled workers , Mendoros had to have something for them do — beyond sending out a few spare parts . |
| 19 | And the Bishop married me there and the vicar and er quite a lot of people had come there from all over like because I was being marrying in the Welsh church you see , I did n't have a lot of And the Bishop married me , that was something for them to come . |
| 20 | There has to be something for them to think about . |
| 21 | should n't we use , try every effort to try and carry it off , perhaps that 's one that Jehovah 's looked at and said well there 's an area that they need to learn about , that need to understand a little more , they know nothing about that particular area , in the scriptures , now that 's a good one for them to have , we 'll make sure they get that , that way they 're going to learn , so if ever we always get the easy ones , the ones we know , the ones we 've done before , we think I can handle this , you never learn anything do we ? |
| 22 | And no one for them to strike back against . |
| 23 | When the Tories briefly took control of the council , they implemented current Conservative philosophy — to sell council homes and encourage what for them represents the truest democracy , a property-owning democracy , which is less about one-man-one-vote than every man a home-owner . |
| 24 | Ballymena , still without the injured Stevie Smith , have something to prove from what for them has been a poor season . |
| 25 | Two other Section I matches see Schweppes Cup winners North Down entertaining North , with the aim of finishing third in the league to complete what for them has been a fine season . |
| 26 | We 've been over this place time and time again and there 's nowt for them to get . " |