Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] they [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They spend their lives sewing shirts in dark attics , and their employers throw them a few pence for their pains ! ’ |
| 2 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 3 | Although elderly persons , on the whole , are less geographically mobile than other age groups , the spatially selective nature of their migration gives them an important impact ( Law and Warnes 1982 ) . |
| 4 | When object-oriented database systems become more widely available , there may be a number of application domains where their advantages make them a good choice . |
| 5 | Both men had pocketed their torches to allow them a better grip on their shotguns , and a couple of times they interrupted their progress to stand straining their ears into the whispering darkness around them for any sound of the fearsome dogs . |
| 6 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 7 | They believe that the end of the world is about to come , and their conviction gives them a certain maniacal courage . |
| 8 | Our coach gave them a real buzz . |