Example sentences of "[to-vb] them for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 2 | Yeah she said she has to wear them for the television |
| 3 | The promise of high rewards is necessary to provide an incentive to encourage people to undergo this training and to compensate them for the sacrifice involved . |
| 4 | disturbance payment erm to compensate them for the cost of remo cost of moving and |
| 5 | The majority of Athenian citizens were working men who needed the meagre payment that was eventually made for carrying out public duties to compensate them for the loss of daily earnings . |
| 6 | He used to listen to American Football on the American Forces Network and was so enthused with it that he wrote to the American Embassy , who invited him to visit them for the day . |
| 7 | They would meet in the morning at Mabel 's house , and have a cup of tea and a biscuit before setting out to fortify them for the journey . |
| 8 | An experienced producer at a major London agency was recently asked to list them for the benefit of newcomers . |
| 9 | It decided not to pay out the sums so received to individual solicitors as a sort of dividend but to apply them for the benefit of the profession as a whole . |
| 10 | As we said earlier on , he had been they had been travelling through and Jesus had se settled down there for a while and sent his disciples into a , th a nearby town across the frontier , er to get some food and some provisions , er to last them for the remainder of their journey and Jesus is just sitting there by this well , he 's tired , he 's thirsty , weary and hungry , just waiting there and then this lady comes to draw water from the well . |
| 11 | Thus the case was presented on the footing that the documents concerned had come into being and were held by the solicitors for their client as the result of a suspected intent by a third party to use them for the purpose of furthering his criminal activity . |
| 12 | Although few performers really enjoy working under the glare of high-power lights , their use is sometimes essential , and the most acceptable way to use them for the illumination of small areas is to employ the technique known as bounce-lighting . |
| 13 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 14 | Redcar MP Mo Mowlam says she is concerned about possible health risks associated with the closure of public lavatories on the seafront and hopes to persuade Langbaurgh Council to re-open them for the summer . |
| 15 | He gained his school colours for rugger and was unlucky not to get them for the Field Game and the Wall Game — another game confined to Eton . |
| 16 | ‘ We had a bit of a struggle to get them for the wedding , but you can pull various strings to hold things back . ’ |
| 17 | The banks want us to pay them for the privilege of making their money from our money . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd rather be doing it on my own , ’ Maria responded waspishly , taking advantage of the fact that no one was near enough to overhear them for the moment . |
| 19 | However fascinating the ‘ social gospel ’ has proved to historians , it was not the most important aspect of the ministry to Nonconformity : this was the need to improve the quality of ministers ' education in order to equip them for the position they had achieved in English life . |
| 20 | He was also workshy , and no-one could remember when he last had a regular job , but most people could recall when he 'd last tried to touch them for the loan of a bob . |
| 21 | She joined the Garter knights for a reception and lunch before the ceremony before deciding not to join them for the service at St George 's Chapel . |
| 22 | And what 's more , we 'll have the power to charge them for the inconvenience that they cause us . |
| 23 | A chauffeur-driven Mercedes arrived at Waterloo to collect them for the agm at Skinners ' Hall but while the driver was searching the station his car was wheel-clamped . |
| 24 | Mills ( 1980 ) argues that both initial and in-service teacher education fails to prepare them for the task . |
| 25 | The same information will help members of a project team to understand what is going on , and why , strengthening their contribution and going some way to prepare them for the project management role when it comes their way . |
| 26 | He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period . |
| 27 | Those families in which a parent died from an illness known in advance to be terminal seemed to be better able to respond to the needs of their children , and to prepare them for the loss with information and emotional support . |
| 28 | No-one could have known that she was going to bring them for the weekend . ’ |