Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I have forgiven them their fighting against my ambition for their ambitions . |
| 2 | I suppose people have got used to bringing me their queries , to some extent , " said Richard , going into their cabin to take off his black shoes and put on a pair of red leather slippers , which , like all his other clothes , never seemed to wear out . |
| 3 | The British government — and a substantial number of British citizens — effectively opted to exclude Blacks from the United Kingdom and deny them their rights to live as equals with other British subjects . |
| 4 | The Japanese , ever imitative , took their ideas from the Chinese and made them their own . |
| 5 | In particular the fact that so many officials had bought their offices and thus made them their personal property ( see p. 126 ) made it very hard to dismiss them , since the government could seldom afford to refund the purchase price . |
| 6 | It would have been inconsiderate of the King and his wife to spare them their self-imposed task ; to dismiss the sweating craftsmen to their homes to enjoy the feast-time in front of a longfire with their wives and children , or drinking with the Earl in his comfortable timber hall , well fired and warmly hung , on the opposite shore . |
| 7 | It was admitted that occasionally the good were afflicted too , and that in these cases God was probably testing their faith , or even possibly allowing them their purgatory on earth , but on the whole the Church found it more satisfactory to believe that madness was punitive and well-deserved . |
| 8 | My thanks also to Sandra Burslem and Sue Thorne who kindly lent me their word processor . |
| 9 | People often bring me their problems to solve |
| 10 | I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration . |
| 11 | Creggan recognized some , like the mallard , the tufted duck , and the moorhen , but others Kraal would have to identify for him until he knew their names : wigeon , pintail , pochard … how he envied them their freedom on the pond . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'll discuss tackling that lot later , once the platoon commanders have given me their expected manpower availability for the next week … . ’ |
| 13 | They put in my real balance which was something like £7.50 — but they 'd given me their stamp . |
| 14 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 15 | Mr Brian Ducker , NCC 's Regional Officer and Dr Gareth Howells , Deputy Regional Officer , North Wales have given me their full support and encouragement in spite of the increased workload my absence has caused . |
| 16 | I have a general word of thanks to members of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties who have given me their support and , through them , to the various councils in their areas which have also expressed support for the Bill . |
| 17 | Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so . |
| 18 | Since last April many people have given me their congratulations , followed by the question , ‘ Does this involve you in any work ? ’ |
| 19 | The goodness which their behaviour has created and which has given them their special places , may now be regarded as part of the Created God . |
| 20 | Over at Robinsgrove , finding no water to hose down the ponies , Perdita put them in their boxes and , having given them their hay nets and filled up the water buckets from the water trough , raced off to Dancer 's for a swim . |
| 21 | It is time that players realised that if their club had not given them their chance they would not be internationals . |
| 22 | Moreover , we have to make sure that older people have increased opportunities for personal fulfilment after their retirement from employment which may have been both meaningful and given them their self-esteem . |
| 23 | They do not flower , but carry spores , as ferns do , to which they are related , and have clusters of frond-like branches on erect stems , the appearance of which has given them their common name ; they are sometimes also called mare's-tails . |
| 24 | Phew , given them their bonus , yes , well done . |
| 25 | The pair have taken classic rock songs like Stairway to Heaven and given them their own distinctive treatment . |
| 26 | It is kind of but they len to le lend them their Thomas books |
| 27 | STARS & STRIPES became Stars & Gripes yesterday , as her crew made no attempt to conceal their disgust at an umpires ' decision which cost them their race against Bill Koch 's Kanza . |
| 28 | At eighteen thousand pounds it cost them their combined life savings . |
| 29 | Only 92 men at arms and 2 priests began the route-march , for Balboa was a prudent organizer , keenly interested in security , and he insisted that the others from Santa Maria remained at the base camp , denying them their expected encounter with immortality . |
| 30 | In these fish farms , maritime prisons , trout and salmon are doomed to swim around like goldfish in a bowl , denying them their inborn instinct to travel freely . |