Example sentences of "they [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 2 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 3 | ‘ I realise the European Tour will not be too happy but I blame them anyway for the clash of dates , ’ Faldo said . |
| 4 | But like that A lot of families had them and kept them just for the family . |
| 5 | I bought them just for the bag though . |
| 6 | I pay tribute to them tonight for the work that they have undertaken in an attempt to keep us aware of what is happening out there . |
| 7 | In the early days , the salesman behind the counter had served to promote the merits of different products , and to wrap them carefully for the customer 's homeward journey . |
| 8 | things which have brought them here for the afternoon . |
| 9 | You are also preparing them well for the time when they will be outside your jurisdiction for ever . |
| 10 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |