Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] their [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drank coffee and played cards throughout the long haul to London , only interrupting their concentration for the Sheikh 's frequent visits aft to watch over his son . |
| 2 | But it had a promenade deck , like the Hindenburg , and carried its passengers in considerable luxury even allowing for the natural exaggeration of the Imperial Airways Gazette : ‘ passengers making air journeys in the new Empire type flying boats of Imperial Airways not only express their admiration for the speed and quietness in flight of these air liners , and for the spaciousness of their saloons , but they also pay warm tributes to the efficiency of their catering arrangement ’ . |
| 3 | For example , if pupils are on part-time timetables some staff must accept that a pupil will not attend their class for a period of time . |
| 4 | The Allied air forces were meanwhile continuing their hunt for the sites from which Iraq was firing its Scud missiles at Saudi Arabia and Israel . |
| 5 | The remaining NLD leaders signed the endorsement on Nov. 12 , thus abandoning their demand for an immediate transfer of power and in effect nullifying their May election victory . |
| 6 | Sotheby 's fear must be that potential purchasers will turn to Christie 's at the lower price level should their competitors decide not to raise their rate for the time being . |
| 7 | LONDON Monarchs , who have lost two of their three World League games , must beat Birmingham Fire , of Alabama , who have won twice , at Wembley tonight to maintain their challenge for a play-off place . |
| 8 | The duty to provide such public sewers as may be necessary for effectually draining their district for the purposes of the Act , and to make such provision , by means of sewage disposal works or otherwise as may be necessary for effectually dealing with the contents of their sewers. ( s.14(1) ) |
| 9 | The natives would quickly lose their respect for the Company if he did . |
| 10 | But then , as Blackstone pointed out , the opinion gained ground that it would be to the advantage of trade , and of creditors in general , if debtors outside the scope of the bankruptcy laws who were on the point of insolvency could also surrender their property for the benefit of their creditors , and in return be protected from legal process . |
| 11 | In the following two years French governments repeatedly reaffirmed their support for the EDC , but did not submit the treaty for ratification . |
| 12 | Eleven regional electricity companies have also announced their support for the scheme , which may eventually be part funded by small surcharges on customers ' bills . |
| 13 | One imagined the fine-featured Egyptian women at their toilet , carefully choosing their jewellery for the eyes of friends or lovers . |
| 14 | Miss Cole said the liquidators will now pursue their claim for the balance of the £580,000 , plus interest bringing the total to more than £600,000 . |
| 15 | Along Downing Street ( which was not railed off in those days ) and on the thresholds of other public buildings , pickets from the four main Civil Service trade unions were noisily demonstrating their disdain for the authority of a Labour government that was already on the skids . |
| 16 | Tickets for the game — Rangers ' allocation will roughly match their share for the European Champions ' League tie with FC Brugge in Belgium three days earlier — will go on sale on Saturday . |
| 17 | Gas was one of the most dreaded weapons , blinding men and often destroying their health for the rest of their lives . |
| 18 | Allowing the client to choose in this way can often increase their motivation for the success of the treatment . |
| 19 | A number of our highly successful programmes currently only run for twenty weeks a year , such as ‘ In Business ’ and ‘ Europhile ’ — and we will now expand their run for the entire year . |
| 20 | Leaders of opposition factions said that Mr Yeltsin 's easy ride meant they were simply holding their fire for a more opportune moment to challenge the government during the nine-day Congress . |
| 21 | Irrespective of their aims , adult students have a number of things in common , they like the college atmosphere , welcome the encouragement which they receive from tutors , enjoy meeting other students and would n't miss their class for the world ! |
| 22 | There was one day when I was in Dunedin preparing a preview for a match the next day and was told that late in the afternoon Otago would be training at Carisbrook and I might there obtain their team for the morrow . |
| 23 | Yeah , that females are there to do their deed for the species or the race or whatever an and er and indeed I mean not so long ago you know in our own country I mean |
| 24 | Nora said she could sometimes forget their predicament for an hour on end . |
| 25 | They then reached their target for the loss of three wickets . |
| 26 | They said he was unwilling to show them the evidence he had been given so they could adequately prepare their case for the parents . |
| 27 | Though most enterprises in developing countries have been by-standers in many rounds , more are now coming forward to play their part for the future . |
| 28 | In ex-army gear I would n't be seen , as long as I kept still , sitting on my hands , pale face buried in a heather clump , but those long heads that rose between rasping bites of coarse grass had twitching noses that never stopped their search for the enemy — a very efficient sort of olfactory radar . |
| 29 | Seventy pupils from Clacton County High School took over the council chambers of Tendring District Council at Weeley recently to film their entry for the Citizenship Foundation Youth Parliament Competition . |