Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] their [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always make sure that the person on the tail is briefed to hold it up until someone has their weight on the nose . |
| 2 | I saw their breath on the frosty air . |
| 3 | For this reason , many landowners have followed the Junker path , taking over the land of sharecroppers and colonos and compelling them to sell their labour on the open market . |
| 4 | In Colombo policemen often took advantage of municipal health , safety and traffic regulations in order to ‘ tax ’ carters , rickshaw drivers and others who made their living on the streets of the capital , and in the twentieth century bus drivers regularly bribed the police . |
| 5 | But you must ask the person , do n't put just somebody 's name down , thinking they might go on the committee , erm , you must ask them first before you put their name on the list . |
| 6 | Because of her involvement in politics and close knowledge of major social issues , Webb was among the first of those anti-suffragists who rested their case on the fact that local politics provided a sufficient outlet for maternal influence to recognise that the huge divide between local and national issues in politics was ceasing to exist . |
| 7 | Three groups of river-people lived here ; firstly the fishermen , then the bargemen who plied their trade on the navigable river , and finally the boatmen who married into the older families after the opening of the Oxford Canal in 1790 . |
| 8 | ‘ What we can certainly not be are black racists who turn their back on the philosophy which has inspired the ANC since its birth , ’ he said . |
| 9 | It might be the place where the young of the West come to be seen , but it is the old guard who hold their ground , the poets and writers , pamphleteers and musicians who leave their mark on the atmosphere of this enchanted city . |
| 10 | She put their tea on the table . |
| 11 | They made their fire on the sand and danced round it . |
| 12 | If they lose their hold on the rock or are swept away by the waves , they will assuredly drown . |
| 13 | They base their prognosis on the aggressive new product development and marketing that has been Cadbury 's hallmark in recent years . |
| 14 | First , I accept that the inspectors ' production of an annual report and other reports on our schools is extremely valuable , as they base their advice on the inspections that they carry out . |
| 15 | Usually they concentrated their attention on the roof . |
| 16 | Instead , they focus their attention on the negative behaviours they do not want . |
| 17 | Proprietors do appoint editors and chief-executives ; they decide budgets and manning levels and they put their imprint on the total organizations . |
| 18 | They ate their meal on the tiny porch , watching the moon rise and send out dancing streaks of light upon the constant motion of the sea . |
| 19 | They based their claim on the Italian translation , but the Amharic version which Menelik had signed did not confirm this , and no agreement was reached . |
| 20 | The Communist Party wrote to the National Executive of the Labour Party on 25 November applying for affiliation ; they based their claim on the federal nature of the labour movement and the help which Communists had given to Labour candidates . |
| 21 | As the headmaster gave the Husayn twins what he called ‘ the cork-screw ’ — an intense stare combined with a slow quiver of the nostrils — they slackened their hold on the new recruit to Class 1 — a Bosnian refugee whose name no one could pronounce . |
| 22 | And then of course they exercise their discretion on the actual facts of the case when fixing the sentence . |
| 23 | It is the way they keep their finger on the pulse and keep in touch with their audience . |
| 24 | Like a club side whose name seems to be on a cup , they had their name on the ticket to the U.S. ’ |
| 25 | The ‘ temptations ’ of the jazz era in London 's West End , especially to Cup finalists , were a real danger , and Chapman constantly reminded his players that ‘ they only count as long as they retain their form on the field ’ . |
| 26 | Cities spend an enormous amount of money on building stadiums and bidding competitively for sports franchises ; they predicate their enthusiasm on the assumption ( for which there is no empirical basis ) that a professional sports team enhances a local economy . |
| 27 | ‘ Either at the request of some lady because it disturbed their bouncing on the royal bed . |