Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] they for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 2 | Donna watched them for a moment , then looked away . |
| 3 | Madame Gautier watched them for a moment , drawing deeply on her cigarette . |
| 4 | In Stafford , soldiers were forbidden from bring their families into the town unless they had enough funds to keep them for a quarter of a year , due to the large number of camp followers registering for charity . |
| 5 | If they are purchased through a large department store , the shop will send an expert to fix them for a small extra charge . |
| 6 | ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term . |
| 7 | The stewardesses woke them for a champagne breakfast . |
| 8 | Sport , and with the new football season just over a month old , Oxford United Football Club probably feels they 've had enough problems to last them for a lifetime . |
| 9 | With the prospect of William and Harry joining them for a holiday afterwards , Diana was in good heart . |
| 10 | Indeed sometimes this spirit of God comes to specific people to endow them for a particular task . |
| 11 | Whatever the meaning for those twelve disciples on that short mission ( and the Spirit may well have come upon them temporarily as he did upon the Old Testament of God to equip them for a special purpose ) , it is hard to mistake the shadow this event casts towards the time of the Church , when men sent out by Jesus ( ‘ sent one' is the root meaning of the word ‘ apostle ’ ) would be equipped by the Spirit given them by Jesus , for carrying out Jesus ' own mission in the world . |
| 12 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 13 | The girls join them for a final splash in the pool . |
| 14 | And although three quarters of our teenagers thought it best to wait until 16 before losing their virginity , the younger boys say they feel under pressure to have sex and reckoned they 've got even less information to equip them for a sex life . |
| 15 | And tears rolled down her flushed face as Sabina helped her wash between her toes , hastily , so that the evidence should be put away before the others joined them for a piece of bread and a glass of hot milk . |
| 16 | And and at the same time ask them for a date when they want the stone . |
| 17 | In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices . |