Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] them for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match . |
| 2 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 3 | Johnson found little support among them for the reformist policies of the government of the day . |
| 4 | As well as coaching many of Britain 's leading international crews , Spracklen is a key member of the Oxford University team , and he will be returning from Canada in March to look after them for the last fortnight before the Boat Race . |
| 5 | We stand with them for the last gloomy minutes till the clock strikes the hour . |
| 6 | Any major phases or colonisation are as likely to have taken place in the seventh , eighth or ninth centuries , as Peter Sawyer has suggested , and therefore to be undocumented , as they are to have happened in the thirteenth century , when we hear of them for the first time from surviving records . |
| 7 | If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings . |
| 8 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |