Example sentences of "they [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 A government in disarray , an unpopular opposition , they say , will let them in for a taste of real power .
2 Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think .
3 He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’
4 Indeed , Mr Pocklington and his ilk would take small cannon onto a suitable lake and fire them off for the edification of the plumber partridges who came to nest in the district .
5 Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service .
6 Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season
7 We want properly maintained rights of way and better information about the resources needed to sort them out for the benefit of all .
  Next page