Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] them for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a Welsh mining village the boys were told to go and carry water for the old people … and see about firewood for them for the week . |
| 2 | the general administration of the trust is ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom ; and 2. the trustees or a majority of them for the time being are not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( TCGA 1992 , s69(1) ) . |
| 3 | ‘ And we have n't had a penny from them for the past two years or more . |
| 4 | The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances . |
| 5 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 6 | Therefore price competition between them for the right to sell to the retailers would drive price to marginal cost . |
| 7 | And then ( as he stood and stared through the window at the magazine ) Boy imagined sleeping with these men , actually sleeping , sharing a bed with them for the night . |
| 8 | All fears are of the material world and we have to give some thought to them for the sake of our ambition and our dependants and our own physical well being , but they are not transcendent things and have no meaning there . |
| 9 | From 1823 onwards he built over twenty in the region , a number of them for the commissioners for building new churches established under the Million Pound Act , and in 1829 he was appointed surveyor to York Minster . |
| 10 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 11 | And two companies with strong Australian transport interests , Britannic Shipping and Playmaker , have agreed sponsorship deals worth nearly £100,000 a year between them for the next three years . |
| 12 | It recognized that there was a National Health Service and a private sector and , rather than arguing that one should be taken over by the other , proposed sensible cooperation between them for the benefit of patients . |