Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 2 | Few of them got back to their own country . |
| 3 | We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength . |
| 4 | It stood at right angles to the road , and rather nearer it than most of the larger houses which stood back in their well-kept gardens . |
| 5 | Miss Sergeant , 26 , obtained an injunction to keep Redmond away from her and she moved out with their three children to stay with relatives , said Robert Atherton , prosecuting . |
| 6 | The ‘ Blanco script ’ — with its romance , riddles and emotion — captured the imagination of the public who turned up in their thousands to bid him farewell in his first and last Championship final . |
| 7 | Might have been more restful than running round like a lunatic stuffing pâté de foie gras into the undeserving old ghouls who turned up in their dozens today . ’ |
| 8 | She hung around in their sub-hippy world , camouflaged , but never feeling she belonged . |
| 9 | With a sense of impending doom heavy on her shoulders , she went up to their shared suite to have a long , relaxing shower before preparing herself for the fireworks that would inevitably , as night overtook day , follow . |
| 10 | She put up with their pushful ways , |
| 11 | The Smiths , the Kays and the Wyllies were humble men who stayed on in their native county and did not amass great wealth , nevertheless , they are remembered long after most of the supposedly important people of their generations have been forgotten . |
| 12 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 13 | ‘ It was all set up for us on Tuesday night , yet we went out to their only effort on goal . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , they were blindfolded before they got out of their own car that morning , as you know . |
| 15 | When they both protested , seemingly in vain , at having lines cut , they came up with their own solutions they would accept the cuts , but make do with them badly . |
| 16 | The Reagan crowd ran against the government and against Sacramento and they came in on their white horses and railed against the Legislature . |
| 17 | What happened in Middlesex eventually happened all over England , and as Midland bricks and Welsh slates — and later more unspeakable materials like asbestos and corrugated iron — flooded into every corner of provincial England , the ancient local materials that fitted their own regions so well , for they came out of their very soil , disappeared one by one . |
| 18 | They came down in their own time , after they 'd left off work , and they 'd have a small job done ; and then they 'd take it back ready for work the next morning . |
| 19 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 20 | The fledgling Twist were a lot more lightweight and bubblegum in style , recruiting Martin Fry 's brother , Jamie , on vocals but they eventually returned to Manchester where they dawdled around in their own faffing style and managed to emerge after all the Mancs fuss was over . |
| 21 | Then they turned up with their little son , Daniel , to introduce him to me . |
| 22 | They walked out into their new life , and Clare did n't know whether to envy or pity them . |
| 23 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 24 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 25 | It was with a certain amount of satisfaction that they settled down in their own kitchen and discussed their financial situation . |
| 26 | And that in Street , that w they had worked in Now I forget the name of the big firm but they 'd come out of one of the big er furniture warehouses and they started up on their own . |
| 27 | But after a while , when they got a variety of jobs to do , they , they took off on their own initiative and in fact some of them er without even advising the , the planning department er introduced one or two minor innovations which made life easier for them in regard to the work study man 's er schedule . |
| 28 | They went up to their separate wings and I was left to last . |
| 29 | Then they went back to their separate homes , to their men , trying to balance the love and the hate in their hearts . |
| 30 | Unfortunately they went back to their bad old ways during the autumn in the championship , but they have now regained that hungry look which can only spell trouble for their rivals . |