Example sentences of "[noun] ' [noun] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like affection , status relates to our feelings about other peoples ' feelings for us . |
| 2 | A salesman at one licensed dealer used to read his clients ' horoscopes for them . |
| 3 | He does n't do the engineers ' jobs for them , nor tell the personnel professionals how to he more professional . |
| 4 | For instance , he may have found it impossible to meet his parents ' aspirations for him and never attained a secure relationship with them , or he may have repeatedly been told he was unlovable and incompetent , or he may have experienced actual loss of a parent . |
| 5 | Esther had already whetted his appetite , and it was close enough to his parents ' home for him to return there for lunch each day . |
| 6 | It 's not unusual on girls ' weekends or at women workers ' conferences for them to be demonstrative with each other , or with the young women , while we remain caught in the straight-jacket of frigidity while we are in the public eye . |
| 7 | The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research . |
| 8 | Very many people heard about the riots in the area last year , and heard the authorities ' explanations for them , but this programme attempted to find the root causes of the problems . |
| 9 | The illusion soon faded , and an administration of dull Bavarians had to be imported to sort out the Greeks ' affairs for them . |
| 10 | Those such as Boromir are saved by their friends ' love for them . |
| 11 | He was inexperienced and little known before he was propelled into the highest office by his friends ' ambition for him and by the deadlock between Long and Chamberlain in 1911 . |
| 12 | Left to itself , the momentum of the Community legal system will do the Federalists ' task for them , with or without Maastricht . |
| 13 | He [ or she ] has to decide whether it is more in his pupils ' interests for him to accept the existence of the present social structure and to give them help to advance within it , or for him to have rejected it , on their behalf , as stifling , competitive and exploitative and to encourage them to find fulfilment within themselves and their environment . |
| 14 | The beech trees of Yarm 's Beech Tree Court are to stay , says Stockton Borough Council , despite residents ' calls for them to be given the chop . |
| 15 | We have a Residents ' bar for you use and a pretty sea facing patio garden for you to relax in . |
| 16 | It wo n't take over your teaching and it wo n't do your students ' learning for them . |