Example sentences of "for they [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having done this … what was more natural than for them to invite the sister institution , with its professedly similar aims , to join them ? |
| 2 | When they returned , they discovered that the main body of men had already flown out and that a party of drivers under Scratchley was waiting for them to join the vehicle convoy south through the Great Sand Sea . |
| 3 | It took a mere two minutes for them to open the scoring through Tracy Fry 's fine solo run , and by the time Helen Bray shot home from the spot with nine minutes remaining , Wimbledon had been reduced to chasing shadows . |
| 4 | This is a unique chance for them to retain the use of this line and I urge them to keep up the pressure . |
| 5 | You will find that a good audio-visual presentation and some agreeable refreshments afterwards are all you need for them to welcome the information and instruction . |
| 6 | So if you 're happy for them to use the tape okay . |
| 7 | So I wait for them to put the phone down . |
| 8 | A £1,000 grant has been recommended by Langbaurgh 's finance committee towards the provision of a ramp for disabled people to have access to Scaling Dam sailing club which has a specially adapted dinghy for them to enjoy the sport . |
| 9 | Fleischmann decided to send over all the equipment , cell , fluid and palladium , by air to Harwell for them to do the neutron measurements . |
| 10 | I think it 's quite common now for them to do the asking . ’ |
| 11 | Under the present compensation er proposals put forward by Good , it would all be provided by the pension funds themselves and there 's no pain for the fund managers er no requirement really for them to blow the whistle . |
| 12 | Er that help is , there are fewer to draw from , i it 's also far more difficult for them to spare the time , the pressures on the academics are considerable nowadays . |
| 13 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |
| 14 | What a pity that the members of the Napier Commission which was set up in 1883 to enquire into the conditions of the crofters and cottars in the Highlands and Islands were unable to have sittings in Islay ; despite pleas for them to visit the island they finished their tour at Tarbert . |
| 15 | erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players . |
| 16 | He declared that it provides time for the family to gather or the body to be transported home and it offers an opportunity for them to see the person in a state of peaceful repose . |
| 17 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 18 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 19 | Because they are experts and you are not it is easy for them to take the initiative . |
| 20 | Peasants , sons could become lay brothers in Cistercian houses , but it was probably not common for them to take the habit as choir monks . |
| 21 | The large Fiat saloon parked in the piazza looked ridiculous with a yellow child 's cot strapped to the roof , but this had seemingly been stipulated by the gang to make it easier for them to identify the car . |
| 22 | If there is anything that comes up and one feels sensitive about then then we can ask for them to switch the machine off . |
| 23 | The envoy was quoted as saying he arranged for them to share the house while they attended arms talks in Geneva in 1984 . |
| 24 | But that 's three hundred pounds for them to fit the bill . |
| 25 | The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame . |
| 26 | With bated breath and trying to make herself invisible , Joan waited for them to pass the alcove and make their way downstairs . |
| 27 | And the door pit is about eighteen inches of steel and that was for them to puncture the thing , to puncture their whisky , little barrels you see . |
| 28 | Because you had to put in the level plugs for them to keep the level and the centre lines to keep the centre . |
| 29 | Since you will hold the seller 's share certificate until you hand it over to the buyer on completion together with a transfer of it to the buyer , it 's for you to prepare the transfer , unless you send the certificate to the buyer 's conveyancers for them to prepare the transfer . |
| 30 | Their critics said there was no need for them to break the law ; they made it . |