Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 2 | Does the minister believe that they have implications for the economy of the United Kingdom ? |
| 3 | Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions . |
| 4 | So it 's not surprising they draw the racist conclusions — the blacks are getting jobs , housing etc. at their expense ; and so they become fodder for the National Front . |
| 5 | Well they , they just you know they they just have this erm craft sort of , they do stall and and they make stuff for the shop they had he had a couple of retail shops , he had a factory yeah I think he said he had fifty two people working for him . |
| 6 | These new arrangements contain two important features : they allow institutions to propose variations from normal validation arrangements ; and they make provision for the granting of discretion to institutions to make modifications to approved courses within agreed limits . |
| 7 | The mines used to use horses and they laid rails for the carts . |
| 8 | Howard , a day 's march behind them , dispatched forty-three troopers under Lieutenant G. Bacon east to Targhee Pass to intercept the Nez Perce if they turned north for the Crow country . |
| 9 | But they gave opportunities for the advancement of town planning , facilitating consultancy work and ( so ably fostered by Pepler ) encouraging individual local authorities to take the first steps in scheme preparation in their own areas . |
| 10 | The ships come into it because they Produce profits for the group — the only subsidiary company which does . |
| 11 | George Bernard Shaw was altogether more worldly-wise , observing that ‘ all professions are conspiracies against the laity , ’ and while they affected contempt for the medieval craft guilds , with their closed shops , the professions were in reality based upon very similar principles . |
| 12 | Ironically , Gough 's rash challenge on Ferguson at Tannadice resulted in a booking which carries him over the disciplinary points threshold and costs Rangers the services of their captain when they visit Arbroath for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final tie on 6 March . |
| 13 | The highlight of the visit was , they say , when they played football for the Wood Group team against chambers at Hazlehead Park and won 4-O . |
| 14 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know what I 've to tell the chief when they want strawberries for the house , ’ he protested in embarrassment . |
| 16 | Mr Smith said they used to have two bands , the present one and the Hepworth Iron Company Band , and it was marvellous when they joined forces for the evening sing . |
| 17 | It almost seems as though they shot people for the hell of it . ’ |
| 18 | Recent trends in the geography of voting in Great Britain pose major problems for all political parties as they develop strategies for the next general election . |
| 19 | Their helicopter had developed engine trouble as they filmed scenes for the new Sharon Stone thriller Sliver . |