Example sentences of "[vb base] they [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Management at the Redworth Hall hotel and country club near Darlington say they set for a record breaking year by using an aggressive marketing campaign . |
| 2 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 3 | Fragmented evidence suggests that questions about married women 's reasons for taking jobs tap the normative tip of the iceberg — that women say they work for the money because this is the socially acceptable reason . |
| 4 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
| 5 | Take the baskets that hold them out of the pool and allow them to drain for an hour . |
| 6 | I can only suggest , Bill , that you swaddle them both and keep them immobilised for a week . |
| 7 | In role they are asked to complete a census return : who are they , where do they live , what do they do for a living ? |
| 8 | What is one to make of Party-military relations in this period , and what do they imply for the present ? |