Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] they for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please return them as soon as possible , rather than using them for storage . |
| 2 | If you were prone to feeling miserable , for example , the aim is to prevent feelings of misery rather than to swop them for feelings of ecstasy . |
| 3 | Unmarried teenage mothers are more likely nowadays to keep their children than to place them for adoption . |
| 4 | It was night ; a brisk breeze drove chubby clouds to the east , effacing and revealing the stars as if polishing them for display . |
| 5 | But he had experienced complications when using them for logistics in Vietnam . |