Example sentences of "[prep] them for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I personally think he suits their style more and will probably do good things for them for a while , until he gets bored , or dropped , or injured . |
| 2 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
| 3 | That 's an area where they 're not gon na get involved unless there 's an awful lot of money and yes , there is money , for them for a training budget , but certainly not enough to cover what would be lost if , if Tomlinson , and let's face it , if they win Tomlinson it will just continue . |
| 4 | The little girl answered and the conversation flowed between them for a while ; the little boy did n't say anything . |
| 5 | The only objects in the entire room were two upturned wooden boxes to serve as chairs and a third box between them for a table . |
| 6 | Piper squirmed between them for a moment , fighting to get free , then went limp . |
| 7 | PAUL Hodkinson and Colin McMillan are demanding £500,000 between them for a world featherweight title showdown . |
| 8 | Theda stood looking after them for a moment , aware of her own burning curiosity . |
| 9 | We 're gon na stick hold of them for a minute or two because we have n't |
| 10 | After the class they treated themselves to lunch , cold poached salmon the first day and the best cut of cold beef the next , and wine to go with it , and a raffle amongst the six of them for a bottle . |
| 11 | Even the average consumption of these can be harmful for us. for many of us , reducing our consumption or even stopping all of them for a while is likely to help us in a number of ways . |
| 12 | He might have been watching over all of them for a century . |
| 13 | He went without a sight of any of them for a year . |
| 14 | An indrawn breath from the spectators unsettled both of them for a moment . |
| 15 | There was silence between the three of them for a moment as they returned each other 's stare ; then Joe said , ‘ If you do n't wish to act for me I can make other arrangements . ’ |
| 16 | He held both of them for a moment before turning to Ian and presenting him with a sword drawn from its scabbard . |
| 17 | This is her weekly expenditure : rent £21.78 electricity ( plus arrears ) £12.50 gas £1.00 club £6.00 sheet man £1.00 boots club £1.00 £43.28 This left about £17 to feed the four of them for a week . |
| 18 | Then analyse each one of them for a lesson . |
| 19 | They can have all the cleaning equipment ready for you , tidying and moving any light objects , as necessary , as their contribution to the exercise before your arrival , and then when the work is completed they will usually be very pleased if you have allowed time to sit down and have a cup of tea or a drink with them for a while before you leave . |
| 20 | Had n't been bothering with them for a while , now . |
| 21 | I 'd lived with them for a while . |
| 22 | I remember many years ago , we had friends who had a fishing boat , er herring drifter , and in Fraserburgh the there 's a young lad going out with them for a night 's fishing and it was a beautiful summer 's night ! |
| 23 | Hamish Kidd — previously with Heidrick and Struggles — was introduced to them in 1978 , and it was agreed that he would work with them for a year with the aim of establishing that a sale could be arranged . |
| 24 | And on Friday you can see Lucy and then Leo and Russel come home from school and you can play with them for a couple of hours . |
| 25 | Paul Young shared his taxi with Nigel Dempsey and Christopher MacPherson but when they arrived in Hemlington , Middlesbrough , Mr Young was invited to go with them for a drink . |
| 26 | The worst thing by far , and what I can never get used to , is that we went around Europe with them for a month , living with them , sleeping in the same room , and apart from the odd bit of nagging , everything was fine . |
| 27 | Very often social anthropologists who study primitive tribes ‘ live ’ with them for a period of time using this role . |
| 28 | ‘ To the lighthouse ’ had been our motto , and there we went , leading George , while the others made up a fire and roasted whole the lamb they had brought with them for a picnic luncheon . |
| 29 | He got up and walked over to the group of children and chatted with them for a moment . |
| 30 | handled the caulking machines , and they can be If if you 're working with them for a length of time , they can get fairly heavy and laborious you know . |