Example sentences of "[vb past] it for their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rulers promptly monopolized it for their own regalia and as a medium for bestowing honour and obligations on their retainers . |
| 2 | What was once the abbey 's guest-house had been increasing in size and grandeur as successive monarchs used it for their Edinburgh residence . |
| 3 | ‘ Just a long stone room but legend has it that the Templars used it for their mysteries . |
| 4 | In 1982–83 , 40 per cent of divorced women ( who had not remarried ) were receiving some maintenance ; 23 per cent received it for their children only , 12 per cent for their children and themselves and 3 per cent for themselves only . |
| 5 | Hoomey wondered who he would go along with when the day came his parents arranged his getting married , for Sikhs arranged it for their sons , Hoomey knew . |
| 6 | Muslim parents favoured it for their daughters because men were barred the premises . |
| 7 | And yet when folk got it for their arthritis , okay ? |
| 8 | They did it for their conquerors . ’ |
| 9 | Reid was convinced that the British Empire had given New Zealand the Cook Islands mandate because the Americans wanted it for their sphere of influence . |
| 10 | In this sample , however , not one parent wanted it for their own child , and in general they were more prescriptive about what was morally correct for other parents here than on any other issue . |