Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] they for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're desperately sick for Colin and now the least we can do is make the play-offs and win them for him , ’ said Whittingham . |
| 2 | He fishes for oysters and leaves them for her lunch . |
| 3 | Mr Quarmby describes himself as going ‘ cap in hand to the recording companies and asking them for advance rental income ’ . |
| 4 | I should n't be surprised if Hollywood sends a plane to bomb the Indians and punish them for the death of Matt . |
| 5 | Texas Instruments , having recognised the wider implications of producing high performance processors , has attached great importance to its C compilers and produces them for their TMS320C25 and TMS320C3x . |
| 6 | They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs . |
| 7 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |
| 8 | It is therefore a bonus for the theory that clay replicators synthesized organic molecules and used them for their own purposes . |
| 9 | A group of Czech teenagers allegedly made a few hundred copies of locally-produced computer software packages and sold them for $10 a piece , after advertising them via direct mail-shots . |
| 10 | These are acceptable , but the witch who , at ‘ by the pricking of my thumbs ’ , held up his thumbs and twiddled them for us all to check out was excessive . |
| 11 | Bootleggers then copy the film onto hundreds of VHS tapes and sell them for up to £12 a piece . |
| 12 | Shorten the legs of that ugly iron bedstead , hack off the top and bottom rails and send them for salvage . |
| 13 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 14 | the appropriate days and rewarded them for their votes with meals and refreshments at Magdalen . |
| 15 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 16 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |
| 17 | That was another thing discovered : carp seemingly preferred baits that had a tough , leathery skin , which is achieved by rolling the HNV paste into bait-sized balls and boiling them for up to two minutes . |
| 18 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |
| 19 | We knew we were safe , so long as they could n't spot individuals and target them for later , and in the darkness the Danuese let the malais know what they thought of them . |
| 20 | The Duc d'Orléans refused Stair 's demand to hand over the ships and their contents to Byng but did agree to unload the weapons and remove them for safe keeping to a French arsenal , a notable diplomatic triumph . |
| 21 | As part of this exercise we will perform a ‘ practice run ’ with the company 's executives to check the areas where they will be asked questions and to prepare them for the meetings with would be acquirors . |
| 22 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your guilt you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your guilt feelings and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 23 | We selected some of our favourites and snapped them for the magazine |
| 24 | General practitioners are available to identify problems and refer them for further investigation , and to cooperate with the hospitals for long-term treatment . |
| 25 | Rather : ‘ The business interests of the nation as a whole are subordinated to those of certain sectional interests that usurp control of the national resources and use them for their private gain . ’ |
| 26 | Also described as traditional ( or incremental ) budgeting , the pragmatic approach starts with the previous year 's allocation of resources and updates them for any anticipated changes in , for example , planned activities , prices , or the total money available . |
| 27 | If you took eggs there used to always be a lady there at dinner time what used to come round and ask you what you 'd got for dinner , and then if you 'd got eggs , she used to write your name on the eggs and do them for you . |
| 28 | He did some work for A V Roe , erecting aeroplanes and preparing them for test and delivery flights . |
| 29 | Some of us were concerned about speaking to customers and asking them for their observations . |
| 30 | Therefore , take these practical actions and examine them for how they are accomplished . |