Example sentences of "they [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've got together to form a barter scheme , using a special currency which allows them to work for each other without REAL money changing hands . |
| 2 | Here we see them training for that role . |
| 3 | He places the blame squarely at the door of social scientists , whose theories have directed them to look for this pattern in pre-industrial and non-industrial societies . |
| 4 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 5 | At all ages , dog-whelks feed on discrete , easily identifiable , macroscopic sedentary prey ( upon which they remain for many hours or days ) which not only renders predator/prey investigations in the field possible but also facilitates the maintenance of these animals in aquaria . |
| 6 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 7 | Hundreds of applications have already been received by the Department from organisations which feel that they qualify for this largesse . |
| 8 | Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children . |
| 9 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 10 | ‘ How well this social organization serves the purposes of those who seek to impose it depends in the last resort upon the conceptions in the minds of the men and women they recruit for these purposes . |
| 11 | They entered for all parts of the competition , but submitted a Jacobean design for the War Department and the block plan separately . |
| 12 | They entered for all parts of the competition , and their designs for the Foreign Office and the War Department were both placed seventh on the assessors ' lists , but Burn did not put them so highly , and in the end both designs were rejected by the judges , and their block plan , which had not even been seen by the assessors and presumably never tested against the conditions , was awarded third prize . |
| 13 | Well then as the unit got bigger , as I said , the room at the offices in the Lock was n't big enough so we moved from there to Alma Green Infant School , that 's the school now they used for all kinds of social activities during the day and th on that side by the car park . |
| 14 | " Were it not for what they receive out of the tax … they would not knit or spin for so small wages , as they receive for that work , because they would starve by it . " |
| 15 | When Len arrived , they seemed for some reason to talk about nothing but health . |
| 16 | They practised for several weeks using newly-developed 1,600lb armour piercing bombs and specially-developed torpedoes fitted with fins for shallow running in the waters of Pearl Harbor . |
| 17 | In a similar fashion large companies frequently reduce the cash element or where they supply materials to be processed by subcontractors , increase the prices they charge for these materials . |
| 18 | Council , although , the amount of money they give for this kind of research is pretty sparse ! |
| 19 | Not even a highly-publicised- and subsequently denied-exchange between her and jealous rival Wendy James of the band Transvision Vamp — Wendy : ‘ I do n't know how they vote for that Aussie Bimbo , she sounds like my dog . ’ |
| 20 | So , those who do not support hunting will do nothing practical to protect foxes , if they vote for this motion today in that respect it is and I suggest the people who move it know that it is , nothing but sanctimonious twaddle . |
| 21 | They climbed for several minutes , the floor of the cave flaking beneath their tread . |
| 22 | Hay 's booksellers justifiably boast that they cater for all tastes . |
| 23 | They cater for all interests : sporting , political , charitable , artistic and social . |
| 24 | Sandcastle athletic 's track , they cater for all interests in here do n't they , discus |
| 25 | This project aims to explore what teachers implementing the programmes assume about the way children learn , how they interpret the differences among their pupils ( in the new atmosphere which emphasises ‘ attainment targets ’ ) and the ways in which they cater for those differences . |
| 26 | Under Milner 's patronage , they founded for this purpose the Round Table movement , with branches in each of the dominions and a journal published in London . |
| 27 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 28 | They called for more maple syrup and more butter . |
| 29 | Once you are in the loft , it is better to use compression or push-fit fittings since they allow for some adjustment later and the fire risk of using a blowlamp is avoided . |
| 30 | Through the ‘ assessment of prior learning ’ ( APL ) , they allow for those skills that an individual already possesses to be recognised ( no re-inventing the wheel ! ) . |