Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while these big men were entertaining outside St George 's Hall today , stand-up geniuses Lee Evans and Mark Thomas were gearing up for their show tonight at the Merseyside Academy . |
| 2 | Where the unions fail in their duties to black workers they must be challenged to stand up for their rights . |
| 3 | Young people have got to stand up for their rights Alexander . |
| 4 | Mining communities , the dock areas , Liverpool , all these people the only crime , the only crime they 've ever committed is to stand up for their rights . |
| 5 | Paul Twyman , of North Thanet said : ‘ The BMA are a trade union and they are entitled to stand up for their members ’ interests , but they are not entitled to abuse their professional position by deliberately scaremongering and frightening elderly patients . ’ |
| 6 | Once round the loch and they headed back for their car , muttering that we were wasting our time because there was not a single fish in the loch . |
| 7 | If I remember , that was on a Saturday night when the gents came down for their pickings . |
| 8 | Despite a slow start there was soon a reasonable amount of activity as students came in for their lunches . |
| 9 | A week after they left to join a transport at Warsaw , permission came through for their parents to follow them ‘ for domestic service ’ . |
| 10 | Came over for their wedding did n't she , was it ? |
| 11 | Footage depicting the attack on ‘ Battleship Row ’ was equally memorable , as the Japanese aircraft line up for their bomb and torpedo runs . |
| 12 | One evening at Pack Meeting Beegee , which was the name the Pack had made up for their Guider out of the initial letters B and G of Brownie Guider , told the Brownies that the County Girl Guides ' Fete was to be held in a few weeks ' time in Morley Park and that the 3rd Shortfields Pack must think what to do to help make the fete a huge success . |
| 13 | Before darkness fell , and the attempt could be made , Edward 's heralds came back for their answer . |
| 14 | Jonadab was in the depths of depression : he had kept the stallion in his stable and before going in for their midday meal , both father and sons were in consultation round the gentle grey . |
| 15 | When she had told Mr Evans , he had gone very quiet ; and then , just as they were going up for their bath , he suggested the picnic . |
| 16 | It 's just that you see so much of it , not just like staff like training managers and everything , they 're told to stick up and stick up for their training and at the end of the day it 's oh well , it 's the needs of the business and all that but aga the company this this |
| 17 | One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , HP , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Labs and OSF — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an API that Tivoli has already offered up for their use ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 18 | One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and the Open Software Foundation — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an Application Programming Interface that Tivoli has already offered up for their use . |
| 19 | Although a lot of his story is still relevant to us cos you can see it in today 's life when people stand up for themselves or stand up for their faith or what they believe in and you look around you , you can see violence and being done to them . |
| 20 | First , there are now so many ‘ significant ’ tournaments in the world that outstanding players tend to play elsewhere for themselves , basing their week 's labour on financial gain rather than turning out for their country . |
| 21 | Congratulations and good luck to the new reps , who are — watch out for their faces on your notice boards |
| 22 | Look out for a new Douglas deck , and look out for their UK team riders Jason Lunn , Pete McNeil and Simon Evans . |
| 23 | Please allow 14 days for your card and PIN to arrive , and ensure you look out for their arrival if you have shared postal arrangements . |
| 24 | ‘ The stalwarts will be queueing up for their jog round the deck . ’ |
| 25 | The money will help offset big medical bills , but the brothers say it still does n't make up for their suffering . |
| 26 | Huddersfield made up for their failure in the Cup by winning the League Championship in the next season , 1923–4 . |
| 27 | Many of these conglomerates also defy industrial logic ( or , if not , make up for their inefficiencies by dominating and manipulating markets ) . |
| 28 | Company lawyers are not keen on this very good scheme because where damage or loss is suffered by a third party , as for instance where a brake failure results in damage to an airport building , the dissemination of details of the circumstances in which it happened outside the company could prejudice the defence they are going to put up for their airline when the airport puts in a claim for damages . |
| 29 | Swindon Town are being sized up for their play off final . |
| 30 | An exquisite minimalist banquet was laid on for their benefit . |