Example sentences of "[verb] for [pers pn] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 60 per cent of self-poisoners take psychotropic drugs that have been prescribed for them in their overdoses ( Hawton et al. 1977 ) . |
| 2 | He is also puzzled by the fact that the Smyrna and Georgetown plants both have a pool of job applicants selected for them by their state governments before they make the final choice . |
| 3 | Were we going to go for impersonal macro-solutions , or were we going to realise that the people were looking for us as their leaders to provide an answer to their difficulties ? |
| 4 | When they did enough to earn wages , they were allowed to keep or spend half , the other half being saved for them on their release . |
| 5 | This greatly strengthens the Prime Minister 's ability to argue against proposals put forward by departmental ministers who are forced to rely almost entirely on the briefs prepared for them by their departmental civil servants . |
| 6 | Many of the mothers felt their children had been subjected to physical and emotional abuse by those caring for them during their absence , and were concerned about their lack of academic progress at school . |
| 7 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 8 | Farmers needed to identify likely emergency situations on their farms and ensure that there was somebody able to cover for them in their absence . |
| 9 | They could not provide for them from their own resources , he alleged , and hence resorted to war , pillage and brigandage in order to sustain their followings . |
| 10 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 11 | Beyond that lay the Germans ' barbed wire , and beyond that still the Germans , waiting for them in their trenches . |
| 12 | They kept their secret identities and paid for it through their Swiss bank accounts . |
| 13 | I prayed for them in their growing up years more than I had ever done before . |
| 14 | Traditionally , Mother and Baby Homes were religious-based , charity-run institutions that took in girls who had " fallen " , and cared for them during their pregnancy and for some time afterwards . |
| 15 | This involves selling more government securities and thereby reducing banks ' reserves when their customers pay for them from their bank accounts . |
| 16 | So the majority of golfers are best advised simply to judge the wind conditions and allow for them in their choice of club and aim . |
| 17 | The two of them were drooping by then , in reaction from their long and laborious walk home , and sleepy from the wine mulled for them with their supper . |
| 18 | Even if this degree of interpenetration is peculiar to the USA , policy-makers in other countries must allow for it in their dealings with US policy-makers . |
| 19 | When they had gone , Lily cried for them in their helplessness , feeling , for all her weakness , stronger than them , realising that it was easier to contemplate one 's own death than the death of someone loved . |
| 20 | On their births a trust a fund of tens of thousands of pound was started for them in their names by their grandmother . |
| 21 | It was assumed that the Korean people would docilely accept trusteeship with decisions being taken for them by their American and Soviet masters . |
| 22 | Before the war public appeals had raised sufficient money to keep Youth Allyah afloat , but , when it became clear that large numbers of children would not soon be leaving for Palestine , the question arose as to who would care for them during their prolonged stay in Britain . |
| 23 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 24 | There is at least one instance of an aedile of a pagus , although we might suspect that the praefectus pagi of the Gallic Epotes lies outside the normal run of local government officials , though it must be remembered that magistrates could appoint prefects to act for them in their absence . |
| 25 | Had n't they paid for it with their National Insurance stamps , income tax , and rates ? |
| 26 | They influenced kings , plotted for and against the crown , and sometimes paid for it with their lives . ’ |
| 27 | We pray for them in their studies . |