Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , models differ as to the nature of the specialization which they postulate to occur for the two hemispheres . |
| 2 | ‘ They tend to head for the middle-of-the-road establishments — still quite cheap but a cut above the red-flock wallpaper places . ’ |
| 3 | They [ theoretical differences ] are not resolved really ; they continue as quite big arguments ; and there are quite big camps really of those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship , I suppose ; and we pretend that you can just muddle along and it does n't matter , but the crunch comes at things like marking exam papers , because if you 've got a student who 's heavily into theory , writing for a marker who 's heavily not into theory , then they tend to say things like ‘ oh , he 's just read Terry Eagleton , so blah blah blah ’ or ‘ she 's just read Cate Belsey and regurgitated that ’ so someone can get a bad mark because they 've written for the wrong person . |
| 4 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 5 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 6 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 7 | Often parents bring their children with them when they come to visit for the first time . |
| 8 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 9 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 10 | They tend , as they have done for the past fifty years , to respond to the events of the day without projecting forward the effects of their policies for the necessary 18–24 months . |
| 11 | Mr Diplexcito , his wife and three daughters have fought a rearguard action for the past two years to stop their cottage at Spittalburn , where they have lived for the past 17 years , being buried by earthworks . |
| 12 | Teachers need to take children 's ideas seriously , and avoid making them feel that they have to search for the right answer , hidden somewhere in the teacher 's head . |
| 13 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 14 | Here they have to prepare for the unexpected . |
| 15 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 16 | For the thirty or so recruits of Calais Platoon , part of the Adult Training Company , today is the day towards which they have worked for the past five months . |
| 17 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 18 | before hand there were the same designated police officer of the same specialized suites , things have changed and they have changed for the better . |
| 19 | It is suggested that they have changed for the better , while we have not . |
| 20 | Here 's Lawrence , bowls and that 's a full length again , but it 's down the leg side , glances it very delicately , it 's a good throw from Tufnell , well a quick throw from Tufnell , it lands in the middle of the pitch in actual fact , but they have to hurry for the two runs now , one hundred and eighteen for three wickets now and is six , DaSilva eighteen . |
| 21 | They have to pay for the four officials , the clubs 's own lawyers and witnesses for the hearing in Geneva . |
| 22 | In football another sport invented by the English they struggle to qualify for the 1994 World Cup . |