Example sentences of "for them [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 2 | It was the Guga Hunters who had chartered Viking to land the men and supplies ' on Sula Sgeir and return for them at a specified date . |
| 3 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
| 4 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 5 | There would be no tall good-looking man waiting for them at the Secret Cove and , once there , she found the Place was , indeed , deserted . |
| 6 | Brussels sprouts , baked potatoes , grated cheese , the variation of vegetables in the summer , a tin of vegetarian steak pudding on Sundays and a piece of fruit afterwards is a monotonous but healthy diet , and I ca n't think of many cheaper ways to feed two children and feel you 're doing your best for them at the same time . |
| 7 | A number of organisations to which we spoke provided ( paid ) training for people filling such positions , despite the fact that they would only be working for them on a casual basis and might even use the skills they acquired working for other organisations . |
| 8 | It seems that they can be market counterparties even if the firm acts only as their agent and , indeed , even if the firm is acting for them on a discretionary basis . |
| 9 | A bond began to be formed when they asked Martin to place protection for them on an icy pitch just below the summit . |
| 10 | Actual guides were waiting for them on the Scots side , from the Graham tower , producing a grim smile from Douglas , for one of his principal headaches as Keeper of Liddesdale was apt to be the inroads and cross-border raiding of these same Grahams , Kirkandrews prominent . |
| 11 | It was close in the end but it might have been even tighter if Colbert had n't made way for them on the last stage . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , what if I purchased two lots which added up to less than fifty pounds , could I pay for them with a personal cheque , assuming , of course , that I had a valid cheque card ? ’ |
| 13 | Duncan trotted back with him and , sure enough , Mother dinosaur was waiting for them with a big smile on her face . |
| 14 | In 1790 a great meeting of tanners held in London elected him to speak for them to the prime minister , William Pitt , concerning the distressed state of the tanning trade ; and in 1793 he wrote to parliament on behalf of Bristol tanners to suggest remedies for the scarcity of the oak bark used in tanning . |
| 15 | At the same time as I was writing some correspondence ( including the note to you ) , I was attempting to organise the hand-over of certain severely disturbed patients to various colleagues who were to assume responsibility for them during the long vacation . |
| 16 | Do you take responsibility for them as an active dad ? |
| 17 | It would mean a longer walk for them round the northward coil of the river , but that was a small matter once they were out of the town . |
| 18 | They were given tea and biscuits , invited to watch a favourite soap opera on the television , then made to listen to current hits from the charts played for them by a young man called Danny on his ghetto-blaster . |
| 19 | The common law provides quite an armoury of such principles , and new applications can be found for them by a bold judge . |
| 20 | Along with many a public body that felt pushed around by the Tories , the BBC must have gone to bed on April 8 with dreams of a quieter life on the night ; already swinging , as it were , in the hammock slung for them by a hung parliament . |
| 21 | No um Michael Fraser Associates have now started a lobbying operation which is run for them by the former Chief Executive of the Tory Party in Scotland whose name I 've forgotten but he lives down at Tiningham in East Lothian ah , now if I could get him in if Fred does n't object and again if Fred did n't object and the other guy did n't object it might be worth getting a member of Parliament in |
| 22 | If those who work in the media wish to enjoy the freedom desired for them by the Royal Commission — the freedom to publish facts and opinions which are in the public interest — they may have to forgo some of the comparative freedom they enjoy to publish facts and opinions which are not . |
| 23 | The sellers owned 200,000 gallons of white spirit stored for them by an independent person , X , in his tanks . |
| 24 | Residential workers have the difficult task of finding a balance between guiding young people forward , perhaps before they are ready , and caring for them in a personal way which does not threaten loyalty to their parents . |
| 25 | And so a strong tradition has grown up that teachers must know their pupils , care for them in a general way , interest themselves in their moral development , and give them as many educational opportunities as possible outside the class-room as well as in it . |
| 26 | When he left his room , he knocked on the women 's door ; he would wait for them in the small restaurant at the front of the hotel . |
| 27 | ‘ The money we lifted was hardly intended for them in the first place , was it ? ’ |
| 28 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 29 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 30 | Presumably such militias date back to the last years of the Roman period , although there is no evidence for them in the fifth century . |