Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to vote for the party which makes them better off . |
| 2 | The erm he said soon they want to do for the room in the porch there . |
| 3 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 4 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You know how they like crusading for the cause of the underdog . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She taught both Mr and Mrs Reynolds the skills they needed to care for the stoma : |
| 9 | Gloria tied on her red headscarf , Dot buttoned up her pink cardigan and they went to wait for the bus to take them down to the hospital to see how Baby was doing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The discount houses have an arrangement with the Bank of England whereby they agree to tender for the whole of the weekly Treasury Bill issue . |
| 12 | For instance : 70 per cent of all employees who were asked said that they liked working for the company . |
| 13 | They fail to account for the boom in private enterprise . |
| 14 | But on the other hand I 'm pleased the reasons they 've given for the delay are the points we 've been raising with them over the last two years . |
| 15 | It shows that they 've applied for the job . |
| 16 | As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’ |
| 17 | Three women in nylon overalls sat at a table eating the food they had prepared for the canteen lunch . |
| 18 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 19 | They accused him of altering the figures on receipts for money they had given for the release of prisoners , handing over a smaller sum to creditors and pocketing the difference ; charging prisoners for candles ; taking £5 out of the Poor Box to free a prisoner ; lending them money on their plate and watches which belonged to their creditors . |
| 20 | As in days of yore , the competing knights were not identified by their names but by their insignia or the insignia they had adopted for the event . |
| 21 | Over the public address system the announcer was telling the crowd that as Manuel Caballeros and Andy Kyle had both scored a total of 273 , they had tied for the lead . |
| 22 | The framers of the American Constitution also had these objects in mind , but on top of that they had to provide for the desire of the thirteen colonies to be united for some purposes only and to remain independent for others . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Some were eating , and Ruth guessed that they had broken into the food supplies they had brought for the voyage . |
| 25 | The big bag they had brought for the goose caught between her legs and almost threw her down but she recovered her balance , her feet slipping and sliding . |
| 26 | and my Lord er the appeal to the court of appeal er which is at erm tab five was exclusively on the issue of whether Lord Justice and the divisional court were correct in the ruling they have docted for the interim , er and the court of appeal judgement , the main judgement is given by Lord Justice er reviewed with and the erm the heart of Lord Justice judgement on this issue is to be found at page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen . |
| 27 | Member States can thus shelter behind the organisation they have created for the regulation of trade in a commodity . |
| 28 | Even living statesmen are now encouraged to record on tape their comments on events which they have observed for the benefit of archives of sound-recording . |
| 29 | Er , Council are also agreeing to the road and a District Council are in agreement with the road , albeit that they have asked for the road to follow more closely to the erm but I believe it is acceptable that the road and the line of the road in general principle is . |
| 30 | The extremists ' behaviour helps Mr Yeltsin because it convinces voters who do not much like him that they have to vote for the president in order to keep out people like Messrs Baburin and Isakov . |