Example sentences of "[verb] they [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 2 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 3 | Some thought Meredith Jones a rough , bullying master , picking out the brightest boys to train them up for the scholarship class and by their results inflate his own ego . |
| 4 | Tonight we visit a village which is so proud of it 's gardens , it 's opening them up for the public to enjoy . |
| 5 | We want properly maintained rights of way and better information about the resources needed to sort them out for the benefit of all . |
| 6 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |
| 7 | The format has to be reviewed in order to restore the balance between the desire to give the playing countries enough games in the early stage to sharpen them up for the knock-out competition , and the need for a structure that is both fair and seen to be fair . |
| 8 | We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble . |
| 9 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 10 | It would n't do any harm , either physically or financially , to have the two of them come up to London , possibly put them up for the night . |
| 11 | Read them out for the tape recorder . |
| 12 | On return to the farm in the late afternoon there was likely to be a further round of gossip and conversation while grooming the horses and bedding them down for the night . |
| 13 | In the early days , the salesman behind the counter had served to promote the merits of different products , and to wrap them carefully for the customer 's homeward journey . |
| 14 | The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge ! |
| 15 | If they 're afraid , get 'em in for the minimum . |
| 16 | things which have brought them here for the afternoon . |
| 17 | I keep them on for the programme . |
| 18 | But like that A lot of families had them and kept them just for the family . |
| 19 | The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration . |
| 20 | Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district . |
| 21 | Pulling the centre-half back left a gap in midfield which needed a link man to pick up passes from defence and lay them on for the forwards . |
| 22 | ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next . |
| 23 | You are also preparing them well for the time when they will be outside your jurisdiction for ever . |
| 24 | I bought them just for the bag though . |
| 25 | And he he caught her the other day , she was putting them out for the birds , she do n't like them but she said . |
| 26 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 27 | Block discounting — a finance house may buy a ‘ block ’ of debtors from a company at a discount , and follow them up for the company . |
| 28 | But then , ’ he again indicated the child , ‘ they 're a handicap where jobs are concerned , unless you farm them out for the day , or altogether . |
| 29 | Most varieties supplied by garden centres grow a little too large to make ideal houseplants if you just take them in for the winter , but many dwarf and miniature types are ideal for deep sunny windowsills . |
| 30 | We ca n't accept these conditions for our employees so sign 'em up for the G M B and fight for their rights . |