Example sentences of "them [vb past] for the " in BNC.

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1 Neither of them cared for the sexually explicit — ‘ Rather like having an operation described to one , do n't you think ? ’
2 And all three of them made for the stairs .
3 In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid .
4 ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’
5 It is possible , and indeed likely , that many of them voted for the party despite some of its specific plans and intentions , and opinion polls sometimes indicate that a majority of those who support a party or government do so while opposing one or more of its particular policies .
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