Example sentences of "[to-vb] for them [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough . |
| 2 | But the fact remains that twenty seven months after legislation to allow clients to choose solicitors to appear for them in the higher courts came into effect , the Advisory Committee has been unable to advance the process . |
| 3 | The Americans forged ahead not only because they could deploy greater resources , but also because they were more ruthless in seeking out key German experts during the chaos of the German surrender , and in persuading them to work for them in the United States . |
| 4 | She clattered with the grids , rather excessively he thought , twisting round to reach for them beyond the bowl of soapy water . |
| 5 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 6 | But the only way the BBC can afford to make original programmes for relatively limited audiences , such as science , is to pay for them with the profits generated by the sale of archive material of wider appeal . |
| 7 | We w er we would , we would only need to pay for them at the rate where they lived . |
| 8 | A day 's journey with small children , or alternatively getting someone to care for them for the day , is not easy . |
| 9 | In 1790 a great meeting of tanners held in London elected him to speak for them to the prime minister , William Pitt , concerning the distressed state of the tanning trade ; and in 1793 he wrote to parliament on behalf of Bristol tanners to suggest remedies for the scarcity of the oak bark used in tanning . |
| 10 | They could also seek to express their views by searching out a friendly bishop to speak for them in the debates . |