Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] their [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir David Attenborough has been visiting a nature reserve to thank industrialists for helping to save a precious piece of the environment.He joined business sponsors who swopped their pinstripes for green wellies for the day . |
| 2 | The man had not been deliberately cruel or corrupt , like so many non-medical people who licensed their houses for this purpose , but he had stuck to the principle that the violent needed continual restraint , and his daughter still feared more progressive methods . |
| 3 | The term ‘ visually limited ’ is used frequently by writers in the United States ( Barraga , 1976 ; Bishop , 1971 ) and refers to pupils who use their vision for all tasks including reading print , but who may need prescriptive lenses in order to do so . |
| 4 | An event when enthusiasts can parade their pride and joy … a time when their hours of endless polishing chrome can be enjoyed by people who share their love for these unique examples of American automobile history . |
| 5 | Discredited and abused , the Junta retreated before the French , first to Seville , then to Cadiz : there its members resigned , to be insulted by the ‘ patriots ’ of Cadiz who searched their baggage for stolen government funds and finally imprisoned them . |
| 6 | I daresay that as a result of your letter and my few words , I 'll have an angry response from men who 'll say , ‘ what about the women who abandon their children for other men ? ’ |