Example sentences of "for they [subord] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were cases of families being made to leave by conditions being rendered difficult for them after they had made complaints to the corporation housing department . |
| 2 | A GROUP of 35 children from Dothill county infants school , Telford , will be visiting the Laura Ashley garment factory in Carno on Thursday to be presented with cotton aprons produced specially for them after they designed their own patterns based on the theme ‘ Around Our School . ’ |
| 3 | How could you kiss someone properly when you knew they had let you sit there for hours waiting for them while they went off and had dinner with someone else ? |
| 4 | I 've looked after the kids for them while they 've gone to vote , anything to get them here , that was the thing . |
| 5 | In the end they fell upon Southwell , and the earth has literally moved for them since they purchased it in March . |
| 6 | Except that the first time round the Indians saw that Firmin survived and they ran away because they were afraid , and the second time round they saw they 'd killed Antonio , which was quite the wrong result for them so they ran away because it had all gone wrong . |
| 7 | Very big , and also for the West Germans , because they 've got to absorb these sixteen million or so new er citizens and they 've got to pay for them until they pay for themselves , and meanwhile they 've got to carry various international costs , especially payments to Russia for the Russian troops who are going to stay on for three or four years , and pay for them to withdraw and pay to build barracks for them in , in Russia so that they can withdraw . |
| 8 | We shouted for them till they came out on their balcony . |
| 9 | It was worse for them because they had kept their child and had time to form a bond with it . ’ |
| 10 | Inwardly I had a sneaking admiration for them because they had been sure that they did n't like the Legion and so had acted directly and left . |
| 11 | ‘ I really do feel sorry for them because they know how hard their parents have worked to raise money for the computers , ’ she said . |
| 12 | The Italians have mae it work for them because they have been able to inject a comfortable , relaxed mood . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |
| 14 | I was going out with this guy called John Colley whose relations were sort of minor gangsters in London and I went to work for them because they did n't mind my not being English . |
| 15 | ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain . |
| 16 | Criticizing a scooterist do n't want them in town and then put functions on and cheap beer for them when they come . |
| 17 | ‘ But if we move against him openly , and him the King 's friend , the King may call out all the clans against us , with the promise of our land as prize for them when they 've destroyed us ; and we 've unfriends enough would jump at the chance . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Thus , the enemy forfeited the advantage of surprise , and they found the English heroes ready for them when they struck . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was because she went to an early Mass to have breakfast ready for them when they returned ; but she did n't like lying in bed in the mornings anyway , and as he had said many times ( admittedly without great enthusiasm ) they could quite easily go to Mass together , and wait a lit–de longer for breakfast . |
| 20 | You can do the same for them when they go away . |
| 21 | Must be pretty tough for them when they look at other lasses . ’ |
| 22 | Many Home Helps become very fond of the elderly people they visit , often doing all kinds of extra jobs for them when they have the time , and the moral support they give to lonely old people is invaluable . |
| 23 | Conservative Members know what is in store for them when they have the guts to call the general election . |
| 24 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |
| 25 | They were proud to be in the show but terrified that their parents would send for them if they knew of such blatant nudity . |
| 26 | Perhaps it would have been better for them if they had gone straight to hostels or agricultural training camps . |
| 27 | It was decided it would be too traumatic for them if they had to be flown away again afterwards . |
| 28 | Well there is n't anything for them if they had n't gone . |
| 29 | We will design the full ad for them if they want at no extra cost . |
| 30 | ‘ The thought of not being there for them as they grew up was too much to bear , ’ she said . |