Example sentences of "they [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Peerage Act 1963 now enables them to sit for all . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Here we see them training for that role . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The keen thespian likens the challenge of reactivating the Pedernales oilfield to mounting a theatrical production — it should impress the audience enough to leave them yearning for more . |
| 6 | Let them look for this one . |
| 7 | Oh I should n't let them go for any less than five pound a pair . |
| 8 | All the major firms in the industry are members of the SWA , who consider they account for some 98% of the industry 's employment . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ They lived for each other , they leaned on each other , they helped each other , they worked for each other . |
| 11 | In the main , staff have to complete a qualifying period of service ( often two or three years ) before they qualify for this . |
| 12 | Hundreds of applications have already been received by the Department from organisations which feel that they qualify for this largesse . |
| 13 | Any existing members who believe they qualify for this new rating category from the 1st May next should contact the Autocover staff at Frank Glennon Limited who will arrange for their premiums to be adjusted from their next renewal date . |
| 14 | Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children . |
| 15 | Jessica swung , clinging hard to Rory , as they made for another barn . |
| 16 | They asked for all the recommendations for a carer , and home support to be implemented . |
| 17 | They ate up all the knives and forks and then they asked for more . |
| 18 | They compensate for this by gaining water from their food both through the workings of their powerful kidneys , which extract much of the water from the urine , and by the condensation of water during breathing . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | They payed for all this with their sweat and their lives , just like the Garrimperos today . |
| 21 | They entered for all parts of the competition , but submitted a Jacobean design for the War Department and the block plan separately . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It was a memorable tour by the Pakistanis and the bottom line must be the magnificent spectacle of cricket they provided for all who watched them . |
| 24 | They provided for some right to initiate legislation ( at present the prerogative of the Commission ) , and for the EP to see Commission proposals before the Council of Ministers , which would then work on texts already amended by the EP . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Wind , rain , chemical erosion gradually wear into it and the stone that they used for some of the repair of the cathedral in the years gone by has n't worn as well as we would have hoped . |
| 27 | but they actually have controlled explosions and what sort of places would they need for those ? |
| 28 | ‘ You can be certain they hope for that but I do n't believe for a moment they expect it . |
| 29 | " 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 . " |
| 30 | When Len arrived , they seemed for some reason to talk about nothing but health . |