Example sentences of "be [verb] their [noun pl] for the " in BNC.

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1 The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left .
2 Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year .
3 Rather than risk a humiliating defeat — and with it the end of presidential aspirations — Gore , and other senior Democrats , were thought to be reserving their challenges for the 1996 contest .
4 Sealink and P&O , with an estimated 80% share of the short-route ferry market , are pinning their hopes for the future on large capacity super-ferries and changes in manning procedures introduced after the last seamen 's strike .
5 In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time .
6 Randall smiled again with a hint of mockery , settled the bet and turning away with his kerchief pressed even more firmly to his nose , moved into the cockpit where the cock-masters were preparing their birds for the fight .
7 Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc .
8 Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc .
9 Sylvia realised it was to fill their bladders for the games to come .
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