Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] they [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal . |
| 2 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 3 | It was argued that it unfairly penalized those who worked throughout their lives until their mid-sixties , but were thrown onto the Poor Law before they qualified for the pension . |
| 4 | It was won by the Cheshire Youth Orchestra , who were in jubilant mood as they left for the journey home . |
| 5 | He made idle banter as they watched for the van , and Doyle grimaced and complained about the lack of ‘ peace and quiet ’ in that particular car at that particular time . |
| 6 | Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning . |
| 7 | Children who received punishment as they reached for the attractive toy showed greater resistance to temptation than children punished just after they had picked it up or at a point several seconds later . |
| 8 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 9 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 10 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 11 | The girlfriends and wives of the young officers were pretty , well-bred girls who leant over to each other and laughed a lot as they waited for the ceremony to start . |
| 12 | And young actors have a greater instinct these days for film than they do for the stage , though this is not to say that stage training is not equally important ; nevertheless as working actors we are getting more and more camera conscious in our acting and will continue to do so . |
| 13 | Summer Saturdays have continued to be a nightmare as they have for the nineteen summers your author has lived at Aberystwyth ! |
| 14 | Nigel , 34 , and his girl-friend Brix Smith both created a stir when they arrived for the ceremony . |
| 15 | When in Washington both Houses , in an extraordinary mark of respect , asked him to give the opening prayer as they assembled for the fifty-fifth Congress . ) |
| 16 | From what I could gather they were showing in in the area where the new ticket office is , as opposed to a bit screen on the pitch facing the east stand as they propose for the scum game ( And they 're getting a beer license for this too ! ! ! ! ! ) . |
| 17 | Neither the Conservatives nor Labour , therefore , had a chance of retaining or obtaining office unless they abandoned for the time being the principal position which they fought the election to obtain . |
| 18 | They went into the staff-room and grabbed a coffee while they waited for the results , then they studied them together on the lightbox . |