Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] them for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before 1688 kings had been able to choose their ministers and to wield sufficient power to keep them in office unless the Commons used the exceptional procedure of impeachment to try to prosecute them for political misdemeanours . |
| 2 | Sheep would not safely graze nor would spring lambs nor calves ; the average farmer could hardly be expected to stock them for old times ' sake . |
| 3 | For those nurses relocating from the acute sector to community services , training will be needed to prepare them for new ways of working . |
| 4 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 5 | There was a rush by speculators to buy the true classics , subject them to extremely expensive rebuilds , and then to attempt to sell them for sky-high prices . |
| 6 | Some said that their wives did not have ideal looks , but that they had chosen to marry them for other qualities . |