Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] their [noun] for the " 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 | The network is aimed at permitting exchange and support between its members , thus reinforcing their initiatives for the democratisation of communication and society as a whole . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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) ) |
| 5 | No unpleasantness seems to have been caused , but in one instance the opposition went home giving their names for the records . |
| 6 | One imagined the fine-featured Egyptian women at their toilet , carefully choosing their jewellery for the eyes of friends or lovers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Presumably , after carrying out their assignments , they had been returning at irregular intervals and were now preparing their reports for the final session of the afternoon . |
| 9 | Gas was one of the most dreaded weapons , blinding men and often destroying their health for the rest of their lives . |