Example sentences of "[vb pp] them for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't seen them for a while |
| 2 | However , for a number of these symptoms , more people in residential homes had had them for a year or more : the proportions were 31 per cent against 20 per cent for drowsiness , 22 per cent against 14 per cent for dizziness , 19 per cent against 11 per cent for loss of appetite and 4 per cent against one per cent for bedsores . |
| 3 | The old gag had n't fooled them for a minute . |
| 4 | We 've known them for a while , they 've been travelling to games solidly for years and are better fans on that score than I 've ever been . |
| 5 | The signing of Byrne is exciting … he gets goals … has scored them for a list of clubs … |
| 6 | Swan felt very much at a disadvantage , especially when Amaranth told him that she had promised to go to The Times/Sunday Times party with Charles , who had left them for a moment to have a quick word with Peter Riddell of The Times . |
| 7 | Her father had left them for a woman in France . |
| 8 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps he 's taken them for a holiday ? ’ |