Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] their [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | Renault Senior League winners Randalstown , were scheduled to meet the Dubliners along with the Munster and Connaught champions in Cork on May 22–23 but Muckross have applied for a re-scheduling to help their preparations for their European Club Championship campaign in Italy which begins a few days later . |
2 | ‘ It 's my first time here , ’ she whispered as they squeezed into a table and a waiter took their orders for drinks . |
3 | Is there anybody who needs anything other than a piano to do their scale for an A minor key i.e. Tuesday 's homework . |
4 | This gave the organisers a chance to check their arrangements for crowd control , while Richie and Patrick were able to test their radios over the full extent of the course . |
5 | So , they 've hired you for thirty pence a mile to do their roadwork for them . |
6 | The association , all of whose members are required to sign a statement pledging their support for the use of animals in research , is planning to raise the issue with the Medical Research Council . |
7 | Swindon needed a win to maintain their push for a play-off spot , but they were denied when Paul Bodin , who made nearly 150 appearances for Bath City on the ground they share with Bristol Rovers , fouled Ian Alexander . |
8 | Formal goals may be displaced by informal and incompatible goals that reflect the interests of members who happen to be in a position to substitute their goals for those of ‘ the organization ’ . |
9 | Nevertheless they are constrained from deploying the usual wind-up techniques by their overriding concern to justify their actions and attitudes to someone who disapproved of them but whom they perceived to be in a position to influence their situation for better or worse . |