Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] their [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former Arsenal players , notably Joe Mercer and , today , Terry Neill , have carried on their taste for forward play into the realms of management . |
| 2 | Leaning over the parapet to watch the young bloods in the river sprucing up their horses for the fair . |
| 3 | Did n't they all know about the terrible appearance of the Conablaiche last time , and how it had prowled the country , snatching sleeping children from their beds and tearing out their hearts for its Dark Master . |
| 4 | By the 1960s , however , they were being interpreted in a continuous and cumulative manner which drew out their seriousness for the British economy . |
| 5 | This is not surprising , because although capitalists and socialists are usually reluctant to spell out their plans for global domination , Green politics are largely based on a straightforward conception of planet earth and what needs to de done at the global level to sustain human life on it . |
| 6 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 7 | It creates space within the Church from which they can carry on their ministry for up to 20 years . ’ |
| 8 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 9 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |
| 10 | Lexington society were present and the newspapers had been busy taking photographs and writing up their accounts for the morning editions . |
| 11 | So whether your students are studying for exams or brushing up their English for professional reasons , this dictionary will deliver the answers — often before the question has even been asked ! |
| 12 | Women seem unable to ever quite give up their wish for a penis , and they usually begin analysis with the hope they will acquire one during it . |
| 13 | IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh yes , they would pour out their music for something so magical as this . ’ |
| 15 | Citizens who had the orthodox Soviet version of Ukrainian history rammed down their throats for decades are now being told a completely different version , arguably also coloured by the political prejudices of its authors . |
| 16 | Elaine and Michael Artus , their savings wiped out , will keep up their fight for compensation . |
| 17 | Now they 're stepping up their call for action . |
| 18 | Detectives are stepping up their hunt for a rapist who attacked a woman at Nottingham 's Music Festival at the weekend . |
| 19 | Police are stepping up their hunt for two armed raiders who 've kidnapped and threatened shop managers in a spate of robberies . |
| 20 | Police are stepping up their hunt for a man who 's carried out a series of sexual attacks on women in the last seven months . |
| 21 | There are various ways of improving the lot of hens but we do need to ask the hens themselves rather than make up their minds for them . |
| 22 | They asked their countrymen to inform the authorities of their arrival and pass on their request for asylum , the report added . |
| 23 | But the great behind-the-scenes event of the Blackpool conference has been the secret series of meetings between Norman Lamont , the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and spending ministers to whittle down their bids for spending next year . |
| 24 | MANY jobs and services in local government are under threat as councils draw up their budgets for the coming year , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 25 | DARLINGTON will step up their search for new talent this week . |
| 26 | David Currie rattled the bar from 20 yards in the 78th minute as Barnsley stepped up their quest for a point but the Hammers held firm . |
| 27 | The families of the victims stepped up their campaign for a public inquiry yesterday . |
| 28 | WIDNES stepped up their challenge for the Cheshire County League championship with a comprehensive 10-wicket home victory over Stalybridge with Zimbabwe Test star Grant Flower their key man . |
| 29 | Today police stepped up their search for possible witnesses . |
| 30 | In this way exhibitors were forced to fill up their screens for months ahead with pictures they had never seen . |