Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has fertility changed mostly because successive cohorts each grow up with their own characteristic attitude to childbearing ( ‘ cohort ’ effects ) , or do families respond in a more opportunistic way to the economic and social opportunities or problems of the moment ( ‘ period ’ effects ) ? |
| 2 | Some drive back in their own cars . |
| 3 | ‘ The clothes were fit to stand up on their own , they were that stiff with dust and grease . |
| 4 | Not content with being obsessive about failed British pop performers like Belouis Some and Matt Fretton ( who , as they will always tell you , were ‘ big in Japan ’ ) , these star victims get all steamed up about their own home-grown talent-free singers , which the record companies churn out year after year . |
| 5 | It was a damning report on America 's VD service by her international peers and colleagues , many of whom , it might be added , had little better to offer back in their own countries . |
| 6 | Yet ambitious and confident consultants , especially those good at business development and successful at winning shootouts , are still able to branch out on their own , and it would not be healthy for the industry if this were otherwise . |
| 7 | Villa were quite unable to get out of their own half after the interval , with Whelan 's precise , perceptive passing aways likely to unhinge them . |
| 8 | Many people wish to be left alone to get on with their own lives and they must be allowed to do so , and there must also be opportunities for different degrees and different kinds of involvement . |
| 9 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 10 | In the first week after the birth , she can safely leave her litter of up to six cubs , though more usually three , hidden in the den and helpless to move around on their own , while she hunts . |
| 11 | Other firms are waiting in the wings , ready to step in with their own bids for Landsat . |