Example sentences of "[Wh det] they [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customs men raided Timbmet 's yard at Bicester this afternoon … impounding twenty-four tons of Allerce … a Chilean hardwood which they 've had for sale on their books since nineteen ninty . |
| 2 | But that 's it the system is n't but they send us a donation which they 'd had for appearing on B B C or something . |
| 3 | In addition , models differ as to the nature of the specialization which they postulate to occur for the two hemispheres . |
| 4 | The prime wild salmon which they catch sell for low prices — estimated to average £20 per fish — because of the impact of farmed salmon on the market . |
| 5 | So they decided to build the warehouse themselves — which they managed to do for C$10,000 . |
| 6 | The Audit Commission review which was published in 1986 identified five main obstacles which they thought accounted for the slow and fragmented way that community care had developed in England and Wales . |
| 7 | The anniversary publicity also involved a video of a young band called Sanctuary singing , ‘ John , we want you Home ’ , which they had written for us , and a number of colleagues and others running in the London marathon wearing Friends of John McCarthy running vests , one bearing the number 17.4.86 . |
| 8 | After that , we drove to the Ming Tombs close by , and stopped to have an enormous picnic which they had packed for us at the Friendship Hotel . |
| 9 | Joyfully , the Marchants elected Kitty to the same category of quaint but endearing knick-knack which they had devised for her son . |
| 10 | When people thought that the difficulty had been the credit firm 's fault , about half said that the company had made some mistake — such as claiming that arrears were owed , when in fact payments were up to date ; about half said they had been refused some type of credit which they had applied for . |
| 11 | In the sort snow-lit darkness people were systematically sicking up the food which they had saved for so long . |
| 12 | The amount of land made available to them was , on average , less than that which they had tilled for their own subsistence under serfdom . |
| 13 | It lasted 26 years before John Bays , who is still competition secretary , allowed the professionals back into the Senior Cup , and the bowl which they had competed for became the prize for a new competition , the Essex Senior Trophy . |
| 14 | It worries Thailand that the bombers were carrying air tickets to take them back to Bangkok , which they had left for Manila in December . |
| 15 | In National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King ( 1930 ) 46 T.L.R. 594 ; 47 T.L.R. 110 the suppliant company claimed repayment of betting duty which they had paid for three years in respect of the operation of a totalisator . |
| 16 | Finally , independent single-employer ( rather than association ) bargaining meant that US firms could still continue to deal with their own employees — even if they were now organised into trade unions — rather than be faced with an external trade union body against which they had fought for so long ( Sisson , 1984 ) . |
| 17 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |
| 18 | Is it not simply because of this : that the government , because of their appalling mismanagement of our economy , have been forced to concede that they simply could not achieve that inflation target which they had set for themselves . |
| 19 | It is quite possible for parties to become involved in a dispute about something , such as the value of premises or goods , which they agree to submit for appraisal without intending that an arbitration should follow . |
| 20 | Last year we recruited almost 300 school leavers onto our Retail Training Scheme [ RTS ] , through which they have studied for a National Vocational Qualification [ NVQ ] certificate . |
| 21 | Is he aware that , due to his culpable negligence in sitting for 19 months on regulations under the Social Security Act 1990 , which would have protected pensioners in the event of a company wind-up , thousands of pensioners now stand to lose most or all of their pensions for which they have contributed for up to 35 years ? |
| 22 | Even living statesmen are now encouraged to record on tape their comments on events which they have observed for the benefit of archives of sound-recording . |
| 23 | As we show on page 10 , brewers are refusing to pay for urgent repairs to their tenanted pubs which they have earmarked for conversion to leases because new leaseholders will have to carry that burden when they take over . |
| 24 | They have to re-apply and pay , by competitive tender , for franchises which they have held for many years . |
| 25 | Over the last few months we 've had a number of queries from hobbyists concerning fish which they have bought for their community tanks , which despite advice from their dealer , have turned out to be most unsuitable for such a set up . |
| 26 | At Level Two students will plan and organise enterprise activity , taking into account their personal abilities , preferences and the goals which they have set for themselves . |
| 27 | For the thirty or so recruits of Calais Platoon , part of the Adult Training Company , today is the day towards which they have worked for the past five months . |
| 28 | As many as 35 per cent took jobs which they regarded as " stop-gap " or in which they intended to stay for only a short period . |
| 29 | They are excluded from using more land , and they often work onerous hours on the land which they do own for a pittance . |
| 30 | They also own two London homes — one worth £250,000 at Hammersmith , and another at Chiswick , which they plan to sell for Pounds 400,000 . |