Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 2 | To promote and facilitate discussion at school level about the philosophy of the Catholic school ( using my experiences working for the Queensland Catholic Education Commission as a stimulus . ) |
| 3 | The buyout team have mortgaged their possessions to pay for the company . |
| 4 | Abel Goumba of the Front patriotique oubanguien — Parti du travail said that the " regime appears to be using stalling tactics to push it back as far as possible " and that the opposition would increase its activities to press for the conference to be convened earlier . |
| 5 | Travel and feature writers from all over the world had stayed in Crystal Springs , going back to their desks to write for the Most part glowing reports . |
| 6 | All these preparations for living off the land were unnecessary , for between them they knew of a network of wealthy houses , stretching from St Tropez to Mykonos , where bedrooms with a bath en suite , swimming-pools and occasional servants in white gloves would be put at their disposal by parents only too grateful to discover that their daughters had not , as yet , been violated by a lorry-driver or their sons arrested for the importation of stuff . |
| 7 | In Alaska I have seen seaplanes landed on tarmac in winter 's first snow to have their skis fitted for the rest of the season . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it 's not uncommon in the United States that families may , for example , have to sell their homes to pay for the medical treatment of a relative . |
| 9 | The winners and their parents were going to have their pictures taken for the newspaper . |
| 10 | And although they maintained none of County Durham 's 5,000 teachers would lose their jobs the higher than expected pay deal will make the county dig into its reserves to pay for the salary hike . |
| 11 | Their eyes met for the space of a long heartbeat , and despite the clean white bandage round the man 's forehead and the strip of plaster on one bruised cheek , Grant felt a surge of rage at the thought that he was face to face with the brutal oriental who had hurt Pam . |
| 12 | Then they heard — their ears alert for the slightest changes in the grind of the traffic — a car slowing just behind them . |
| 13 | As they left , Kate glanced back , her eyes searching for the shawl . |
| 14 | She wound up the window and started to cruise round , her eyes searching for the nice little space that would take her white Golf GTI . |
| 15 | On 20 February , you published my letter , which proposed that Labour and the Liberal Democrats should each withdraw from 50 seats that they had no chance of winning , and encourage their supporters to vote for the other party . |
| 16 | ( The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Wilderness Society , the country 's two main environmentalist groups , called on their supporters to vote for the Democrats — the centre party which held the balance of power in the Senate but which possessed no seats in the House of Representatives — but to direct their second preferences to the ALP . ) |
| 17 | To think that he , a mere footie fan whose main worry used to be which trainers to don for the teen-mag centrespread , should bravely take on lyrical biggies like politics , passion , life , death , apathy , religion , hope , irony and despair . |
| 18 | Alexandra did not move from the sofa but sat on it quite rigid , her ears straining for the dreaded sound of wheels on the gravel of the drive . |
| 19 | She clapped her hands over her ears waiting for the water that was almost upon them , aware of the damage it was going to cause . |
| 20 | Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 . |
| 21 | But she did n't know where it was either and soon the whole family was up on their feet looking for the source of the noise . |
| 22 | The East India Company and other companies like the Royal Africa Company and the Hudson 's Bay Company rarely brought in men like Roe to help with work at the top , and normally expected to promote people who had spent their lives working for the Company . |
| 23 | Only a maniac , he said , would think that the wretched pittance of the industrious poor should be wrung out of their pockets to pay for the follies and profligate expenses of anyone . |
| 24 | In Miami alone there are reported to be more than fifty botanicas — shops selling all the necessities of the cult — and there are also pet-shops specializing in the doves , chickens and peacocks which devotees require for the rituals . |
| 25 | In 1989 their parents asked for the twins ' photograph to be published in a Sunday newspaper and vowed that they would never be locked away in an institution . |
| 26 | The night duty men are also called early from their beds to parade for the football matches , therefore with insufficient sleep , coupled with hours of standing in the cold within a short space of rising from a warm bed , it is not surprising to have a heavy sick list … can not matters be arranged more conveniently for the family man ? |
| 27 | She would stay there until Marion and her attendants left for the evening meal in the hall , then come out of her corner , stretch to ease the cramp in her legs , and check the baby again before slipping away out . |
| 28 | In 1980 Irish constituencies had their boundaries and the number of their seats reviewed for the first lime by independent Constituency Commissioners . |
| 29 | Both were run by wizened old men who passed their days listening for the distant whine of , approaching lorries . |
| 30 | In fact , the judges have only their predecessors to blame for the prohibition or exclusionary rule : they made it up . |