Example sentences of "they [verb] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking to the researcher about South Africa , they voiced sympathy for the plight of black South Africans . |
| 2 | The mines used to use horses and they laid rails for the carts . |
| 3 | They became repositories for a parallel , and often specifically Nazarean , tradition . |
| 4 | The examinations , tailored to be selective , make no concession to this , nor do they make allowance for the wide range of academic ability and preparedness among the candidates . |
| 5 | They made music for the love of it . |
| 6 | They made allowance for a stale price effect in the index ( by including a first order moving average process ) , and used a GARCH ( 1,1 ) model to control for autocorrelation in the variance of the disturbances . |
| 7 | They made room for the Russian . |
| 8 | They made employment for a workforce and were used in the work of other occupations ; but mainly they were used for recreation . |
| 9 | Bouvard and Pécuchet , during their investigations into literature , find that they lose respect for an author when he strays into error . |
| 10 | They raise money for the hospice and other charities through a varied range of activities , including abseiling and putting on stage shows . |
| 11 | Recent trends in the geography of voting in Great Britain pose major problems for all political parties as they develop strategies for the next general election . |
| 12 | And by eavesdropping talk on the terraces and in the pubs , they overheard plans for a pitch invasion like this one at the County Ground last year . |
| 13 | Well they , they just you know they they just have this erm craft sort of , they do stall and and they make stuff for the shop they had he had a couple of retail shops , he had a factory yeah I think he said he had fifty two people working for him . |
| 14 | These new arrangements contain two important features : they allow institutions to propose variations from normal validation arrangements ; and they make provision for the granting of discretion to institutions to make modifications to approved courses within agreed limits . |
| 15 | They make leather for the clothing industry and the international recession has taken its toll . |
| 16 | Thus , they tabled proposals for a Bill of Rights , an Assembly where they ( the Unionists ) considered the SDLP would have an effective role and an Inter-Irish Relations Committee — avoiding the unmentionable Council of Ireland — representing a formal link between the Belfast assembly and the Dublin parliament . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know what I 've to tell the chief when they want strawberries for the house , ’ he protested in embarrassment . |
| 18 | Readers will work hard at a text if they need to know something about their favourite football player or team , if they want to know about their favourite singer or group , if they want information for a project that really interests them , or if they need information a make something or improve their performance in some way . |
| 19 | They designed kiosks for the British empire exhibition , Wembley ( 1924 ) , using simple shapes with colourful decoration . |
| 20 | They championed measures for the relief of Quakers in 1696 and after 1710 , and vigorously opposed the Occasional Conformity Bills of 1702 – 4 and the Schism Bill of 1714 . |
| 21 | But during their stay , at Moses ' instruction , they provided materials for the construction of the very complex tent which has come to be called the tabernacle . |
| 22 | for the relief and reward of the defenders of their Country at this Important Crisis ' , and in 1807 they provided £200 for a school in Londonderry , even though the Irish Society had already subscribed . |
| 23 | Whilst they provided material for a case study , our impression was that these organisations were exceptions — firms facing particular problems . |
| 24 | They provided hospices for the sick or for raising the innumerable foundlings . |
| 25 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions . |
| 27 | They provide evidence for an accuracy order in performance . |
| 28 | Firstly , as just described , they force the op.amp into class-A operation and secondly they provide bias for the output stage consisting of transistors TR1 and TR2 . |
| 29 | In so far as the actions since 1979 have politicized areas hitherto relatively immune to such considerations they provide pretexts for a future Labour government to intervene in these spheres . |
| 30 | They provide information for the receptionist when dealing with enquiries for the guests as to what standard equipment is in the room . |