Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 2 | They knew that physically Rose could do much more than she was willing to try , so they kept searching for the key that would restore her will to live without being , unnecessarily , a burden on others . |
| 3 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 4 | The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege . |
| 5 | We wanted to see if these players would fit into the side and if they wanted to play for the side . |
| 6 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 7 | They [ theoretical differences ] are not resolved really ; they continue as quite big arguments ; and there are quite big camps really of those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship , I suppose ; and we pretend that you can just muddle along and it does n't matter , but the crunch comes at things like marking exam papers , because if you 've got a student who 's heavily into theory , writing for a marker who 's heavily not into theory , then they tend to say things like ‘ oh , he 's just read Terry Eagleton , so blah blah blah ’ or ‘ she 's just read Cate Belsey and regurgitated that ’ so someone can get a bad mark because they 've written for the wrong person . |
| 8 | On the edge of the runway Greg brought the ambulance to a halt and while they prepared to wait for the incoming aircraft , David maintained radio contact with the control tower . |
| 9 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 10 | Often parents bring their children with them when they come to visit for the first time . |
| 11 | What would be the first thing , people tend to do when they 've met for the very first time ? |
| 12 | By way of illustration , he described the loneliness experienced by many recently separated couples , even when they have longed for the divorce , and despite a great deal of support from companions . |
| 13 | You 've learned there 's no hope with one-night standers , so simply say thanks for the meal , but no thanks when they start asking for the afters . |
| 14 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 15 | The car 's hydraulics soughed as they tried to compensate for the sudden shift of the bubble but against that gale they were all but useless , and the bubble-canopy clanged on the car 's shell . |
| 16 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 17 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |