Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] their [noun pl] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most tenants of local authorities , new towns and housing associations can now take in lodgers if they wish and they do not need their landlords ' consent to do so . |
| 2 | Crooked bosses can easily steal their workers ' pension cash MP 's revealed in a shock report . |
| 3 | This will make it possible for more informed advice to be given to parents of mentally handicapped children about how they can best assist their children 's language development . |
| 4 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
| 5 | On the debit side the church also witnessed a high proportion of reversions , particularly among their young people through the secularising influence of their English education and the fact that they did not share their parents ' nostalgia . |
| 6 | Those who did not fulfil their clients ' wishes lost income . |
| 7 | The thin cotton of their clothes could not hide their bodies ' warmth from each other , and she became aware of a curious lassitude that seemed intent on relaxing her tense muscles . |
| 8 | He wound up the interview and was rising to say goodbye when Catherine , sounding shy , asked Peter Yeo if she could possibly use their ladies ' room . |
| 9 | And to cap it all , in my front garden , a taxus that has already outgirthed Sir Cyril Smith was making a takeover bid for my car runway , so that friends would smilingly open their drivers ' doors only to get a mouthful of evergreen . |
| 10 | Grandmothers could therefore join their children 's households to fulfil a direct need as child-minders . |