Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] of them " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says : ‘ I worked for the maddest of them all , a man who had given his secretary and his assistant ulcers . |
| 2 | If each prisoner can trust the other not to confess , the best deal for the two of them is to maintain silence . |
| 3 | They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts ! |
| 4 | It did not take long for the two of them to agree that cost-cutting and restructuring were required . |
| 5 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 6 | With a bottle of wine this meal cost 28s. for the two of them . |
| 7 | Anyhow , there was not space for the two of them in the attic for ever . |
| 8 | His salary alone must be more than enough for the two of them , apart from the old man 's pension . |
| 9 | Something she said , perhaps Matey 's name , the lack of privacy for the two of them in the small house , although they had both kept their voices low , stopped him . |
| 10 | ‘ I went to the surgery first , and they told me you 'd taken responsibility for the two of them . |
| 11 | There was hardly room for the two of them , let alone for Georgiades , who followed them in but had to remain stuck in the doorway . |
| 12 | Lot number one one nine Lot number one one nine is the next to offer globular jars and there are two in the lot , we have one showing fifty pounds for the two of them thank fifty pounds ? |
| 13 | Immediately behind him sat Howard and Shirley Brown , silent and sombre , each thinking thoughts that were quite impossible for any observer to ascertain — even for the two of them themselves fully to comprehend . |
| 14 | Later that year , when the writer was working on Loot , the idea first came up for the two of them to work together . |
| 15 | Surely the place was big enough for the two of them ? |
| 16 | True , Travis Hepwood , Rosemary 's secret boyfriend , would be with them too , but since Leith liked Travis very much , and felt sorry for the two of them , entertaining Travis as well was no problem . |
| 17 | Mr Gillance said : ‘ He turned to dishonesty in the hope of providing something for the two of them because by then they were in debt . ’ |
| 18 | And he could n't do it , because , the pair of them , I mean , that was , that business was supporting his mother as well and between them , after they 'd paid for the petrol , they were taking in less than a hundred pounds a week and that was for the two of them . |
| 19 | If I give you two hundred for the both of them together . |
| 20 | We had about two months to prepare for the seven of them ; a period useful not only for the co-ordinating of the PR assault but also , I believe , a safety gap , a firebreak , a time in which the military could take stock , an interval in which Goreng could see if there was to be a resurgence of the lost FAKINTIL in the hills . |
| 21 | The hamper would be a present for the three of them and she 'd be thinking of them having a jolly evening . |
| 22 | She poured the coffee black , and left it for the three of them to add milk and sugar . |
| 23 | She brought a bowl from the cupboard and filled it with water from the kettle , there were chores to be done before she could even begin to make a meal for the three of them . |
| 24 | Yes , a home for the three of them . |
| 25 | He had just ordered hot rum for the three of them . |
| 26 | For the three of them as we have them then . |
| 27 | As they were both due in London in connection with the case , and as Coleman was also there seeing Salinger , Buhler suggested that it might be a good opportunity for the three of them to get together . |
| 28 | She really had made an effort to accept Rune 's invitation for the three of them to attend the firm 's party on the eve of their campaign presentation , but at the last moment her nerve had failed her . |
| 29 | She was moving about the room now , balancing painfully but stoically on her high heels , taking empty cups and plates from each of her guests with a gentle murmur for every one of them . |
| 30 | And every single incident , every single one of those people , there i , there is a hu , there is a human being there a and for every one of them there are perhaps hundreds of other people who are affected by that loss but it 's just a number to us . |