Example sentences of "[vb base] them for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Section 143 requires local authorities to compile registers of land that might be contaminated and open them for public inspection . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your inadequacy , you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your feelings of inadequacy and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 6 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your inhibition you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your inhibition and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 7 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your jealousy you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your jealousy and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 8 | Rather than modify anything to do with the external events that trigger your worry you might decide to go for option 2 and identify the thoughts or beliefs that herald your worry and examine them for possible replacements . |
| 9 | Visit them for delightful bridesmaids ' clothes , too . |
| 10 | Like , her politics were really cool … ’ she says , and explains how her mother would set up estate agents and expose them for discriminatory letting policies . |
| 11 | But , rather than pay cash , Novell will issue about 1.1 million new shares of Novell stock and trade them for existing USL stock . |
| 12 | They can stop people , without prior basis of suspicion , ask them for personal details or question them about their knowledge of recent terrorist incidents . |
| 13 | Now we are to have ‘ Sovereign : A Celebration of Forty Years of Service ’ from 3 April ( until 13 September ) , brainchild of Robin Gill , Executive Chairman of the charity Royal Anniversary Trust which will receive any profits arising from the exhibition and use them for educational projects . |
| 14 | The umbrella ants chew up leaves and use them for growing food . |
| 15 | The first such coins were made from electrum from the rivers that flowed down from the Troilus Mountains , but advantage was soon taken of the different status in the traditional value system of the gold and silver components to separate them and use them for different denominations . |
| 16 | Now they use them for arable cash crops and special market garden crops . |
| 17 | They present short narratives of women 's lives , and claim them for feminist therapy on the grounds that they emerge from women 's personal experience . |
| 18 | Leave them for other people to enjoy . |
| 19 | Charles , her husband , jokes all the time about what I 'm wearing , insists that I join them for formal dinners late at night , and then teases me throughout them because I 've never eaten squid before , and I do n't know what haggis is made of . |
| 20 | The curriculum for most young people who have left school involves academic or vocational courses which prepare them for specific adult roles . |
| 21 | Courses coming within the remit of the LEAs ' duty can help people progress to more advanced courses — my hon. Friend made that important point — help them in their jobs and prepare them for various roles , such as good parenthood , or for responsible functions within the wider community . |
| 22 | The issue raised by Hadow and developed by Plowden was simply this — is it possible to construct an educational programme which will meet in broad terms the needs of young children and adequately prepare them for secondary schooling , the stresses and strains of adolescence and adulthood beyond ? |
| 23 | These schools take children between the ages of about 8 and 13 and prepare them for competitive entry to the public schools . |
| 24 | Today , I was told , villagers living around the great wool churches of Lavenham and Long Melford have to bar their doors and ignore the knocking of tourists , who take them for antique shops and offer to buy their furniture . |
| 25 | They are thought to be the victims of fishermen , who blame them for meagre fish stocks . |
| 26 | It 's always difficult to come to a conclusion about portable computers because people buy them for different reasons . |