Example sentences of "they [verb] their [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They affirmed their support for a continued US military presence in Europe . |
| 2 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 3 | ROUND the world yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson and his crew were off the southern coast of Brazil yesterday as they maintained their challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy . |
| 4 | Many students told me that they only joined the League because it was the correct thing to do at middle school and at university they maintained their membership for the social functions the League organised , such as outings and dances . |
| 5 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 6 | They bartered their grain for the salt he 'd brought back from the border , where he traded with Tibetans who 'd scraped it from the arid salt-lakes and carried it south on yaks across the windswept dust-blown plateau lands . |
| 7 | They reiterated their call for a popular referendum on the country 's future political system . |
| 8 | The selection board said that Gerstner was the first person they had spoken to when they began their quest for a new chief in January . |
| 9 | The selection board said that Gerstner was the first person they had spoken to when they began their quest for a new chief in January . |
| 10 | The speakers have chosen their own topics , based on their own interests and enthusiasms , and it is important that they convey their zest for the subject to an audience , preferably establishing at the outset that the subject deserves the audience 's attention . |
| 11 | They knew their weapon for the future . |
| 12 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 13 | They resumed their search for a way to anchor the hook . |
| 14 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |