Example sentences of "and [vb past] them for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 2 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 3 | The attendants folded the clothes and exchanged them for a token , before placing them upon tiers of racks . |
| 4 | I stood and watched them for a while , training my binoculars on them and seeming , now and again in the shifting images of light , to discern structures around them . |
| 5 | He multiplied the clones in the glasshouse and screened them for a variety of characters ( Fig. 16.3 ) . |
| 6 | Mr Wilbraham , together with one of the Tace managers Don Hammond ( managing director , components ) , and James Carr ( now finance director ) stepped in and acquired them for a consideration of £4m . |
| 7 | While half of her brain hated and despised them for the job they were doing , the other half acknowledged that at least part of her present mission was to buy newspapers and read what was said . |
| 8 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 9 | We selected some of our favourites and snapped them for the magazine |