Example sentences of "[verb] them for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 2 | In exploring such environments pupils will experience the type of argument and logical analysis that will prepare them for the real-life problems they will tackle outside . |
| 3 | I earned quite a lot of money by showing my Lilliputian animals to people , and in the end I sold them for a high price . |
| 4 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 5 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 6 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 7 | He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done . |
| 8 | Its executive announced that it would seek substantial wage increases for its members , to compensate them for the inevitable rises in living costs . |
| 9 | For now , Therapy ? are at the start of their first proper American jaunt , glad to take a break from the pressures of Britain and their debut major label release , and swap them for the promotional chores of the States . |
| 10 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 11 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 12 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 13 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , for example , he believed certain things which were wrong ( such as the tenets of Unitarianism ) , and he believed them for the wrong reasons ( such as the theistic proofs ) . |
| 15 | From time to time Shelly Films held evening previews of certain feature films , either for clients , or to screen them for the local parent company . |
| 16 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 17 | When the child has gained a number of these it can exchange them for a rewarding object or activity . |
| 18 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 19 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 22 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 23 | Polar stocks are generally assumed to have accumulated , and still be accumulating , adaptations that equip them for the polar environment ; endemic polar species , that are found only in polar regions , are assumed to be derived from temperate or subpolar stocks , via intermediate stages that no longer exist . |
| 24 | Indeed sometimes this spirit of God comes to specific people to endow them for a particular task . |
| 25 | If I present my ideas in writing , my father marks them for the appropriate offices … |
| 26 | I waited until the tea was ready then joined them for a warming meal of steak and kidney pudding , followed by a very hot mug of tea into which was placed a measure of Navy rum . |
| 27 | When you send them send them Parcel Class but insure them for the top amount , |
| 28 | ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’ |
| 29 | We 've tried to love both dogs equally , and simply separate them for a cooling-off period after a fight , rather than telling them off in any way . |
| 30 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |