Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.

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1 In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while .
2 How about your Christmas card this year ? why not knit one and them photograph it for a really professional look ?
3 I hate the system that forces them to do it for a living and then screws them afterwards . ’
4 They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises .
5 they want it for a
6 They protected themselves for a long time .
7 I wanted to cut my hair short , and they allowed it for a while , until they discovered from a ‘ friend ’ that I am a lesbian , and then they tried everything they could to stop me dressing as I used to .
8 Did they take you for a week and show you
9 He had the operation the next day and they took us for a couple of minutes and that was it — they just did n't care .
10 It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ and of despair , and seeing a new light : ‘ unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil-Estel , the Star of High Hope ’ .
11 They influenced him for a lifetime , though he would sometimes grump , ‘ I write like a copper , dun I ? ’
12 They admire themselves for a time .
13 They said nothing for a while ; she controlling her emotions while he gathered his strength .
14 you know they take them for a little visit so they get used to the school before they go , which is a good idea , I mean we were just thrown in
15 ‘ Be soft with this London lot and they take you for a ride .
16 And then they test the evacuation alarm then , so that everybody knows the alarms and er where to be and then th Every six eight weeks or something they take you for a helicopter evacuation where everybody 's taken from the lifeboat master station .
17 Let 'em rough it for a week .
18 They none of them said anything for a long time .
19 Later in the evening when the place had quietened a little and the cyclists had eaten , I invited them to join me for a glass of wine .
20 We almost wished we could ask one of them to join us for a meal .
21 It gives them an excuse for piling into Deptford , and it lets them target you for a national man-hunt . ’
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