Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Given the acrimony between the parents who both vie for the children 's affection and blacken each other 's characters and motives in the process , I am of the view that the children have become pawns in their game of hurt and ascendency .
2 Of course , the smile followed and the wonderful Yorkshire folklore was intact ; harsh judges who truly cared for the game .
3 ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar .
4 You 've got everything but those great bubbling glass things they always have for the mad scientist ! ’
5 Field Chairs are not paid for their additional responsibilities , nor do they automatically receive any remission of teaching ( though most fields have developed arrangements which partially compensate for the considerable demands of the post ) .
6 If there was a black kid and a white kid with equal qualifications who both went for the same job , I would have to put my money on the white kid getting the job , because we 're in a white-dominated society .
7 This is in agrement with the 200 bp increase of telomeric ends we previously reported for the linear vector ( 1 ) .
8 Our involvements st with this project started way back in nineteen eighty nine , went into a series of meetings which most recent I attended at the Greater York authorities , we learnt the full scale and extent of the housing land problems in the Greater York area , we of course have no part in the decisions which have been made by the Greater York authorities , nor in the plans they subsequently made for the York greenbelt , but clearly we remain closely interested in the outcome .
9 The polls gave him a lead of between five and eight points but when ‘ undecided ’ voters who traditionally opt for the challenger are considered , Clinton is pushed to a commanding 12-point lead .
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