Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] them for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both talk of love but those two were smarter than we took them for . |
| 2 | The numbers are unbelievable until we see them for ourselves . |
| 3 | Their faces are often distorted into gargoyle shapes that appear hideous to us until we see them for what they are , exquisitely fashioned instruments for beaming ultrasound in desired directions . |
| 4 | But if we keep them for the next ten years they 're a a real bargain , if , if , if |
| 5 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 6 | When we asked them for details about their visit they were very coy . |
| 7 | It is the kind of rapid , critical examination to which we expose another person when we encounter them for the first time . |