Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] their [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon three spiders were inching their way along the wall towards a small window on the ground floor . |
| 2 | The troops were given their briefing in the hall . |
| 3 | That was no exaggeration , Ronni soon discovered , as fifteen minutes later they were winding their way through the narrow , colourful streets of the walled city of Alghero to climb a hill to a cliff-top where they were suddenly confronted by a breath-taking panorama of endless blue sea . |
| 4 | Suragai and Kadan were walking their st'lyan on the grass where the stream curved away out of sight , each of them with one of the twins in the saddle . |
| 5 | Both the DoI and the 600 Group were keeping their information on the effects of robots on employment to themselves . |
| 6 | Public concern was also heightened on Sept. 29 by an announcement that the prosecuting authorities were ending their investigation into the cases of 12 other politicians , none of whom was named , who had received some of the Sagawa Kyubin money originally given to Kanemaru . |
| 7 | In 1948 , Francis Rogallo and his wife Gertrude were granted their patent for the flexible kite that has been credited so often as the origin of the ‘ modern ’ species . |
| 8 | When Dyer , Brown and Goldstein ( 1970 ) were writing their book in the later 19605 , there was very little practice to guide their comments on non-book media , which were therefore very general , but the importance was recognized and the book made a brave , if insufficient , attempt at a new educational basis for a library programme . |
| 9 | He complained that Sadler and the ITN crew were compiling their material under the supervision of Iraqi minders and subject to the distortions of the Iraqi censors . |
| 10 | On the patio , some Italian children were rehearsing their contribution to the show being put on for parents that evening . |
| 11 | Bedford ..... 6 Wasps ...... 57 BEDFORD have now conceded 117 points in their last two matches and this latest reversal served only to illustrate the plight of a club who a few months ago were celebrating their arrival in the Courage First Division . |
| 12 | The Commission held a hearing in Brussels on 21 November last stating that , as part of their wish to harmonise copyright and neighbouring rights throughout the EC , they were turning their attention to the question of droit de suite . |
| 13 | The ambassador tried to explain what he knew of the sources of unrest and said he thought the mullahs were getting their money from the merchants in the bazaars , not from the CIA . |
| 14 | In the early years of the fifth century the Roman province of Belgica , west of the Rhine frontier , was invaded by the Germanic-speaking Franks , the people who were to give their name to the country in which they settled . |
| 15 | By the end of the year the country had become a republic and the king was on trial for his life ; the Girondins were losing their command of the situation , and some critics have seen Wordsworth 's departure from the scene at this point as evidence that he foresaw their fall from power ( which took place in the summer of 1793 ) . |
| 16 | Historians have correctly pointed out that to understand the kind of exchange that took place between Huxley and Wilberforce it is important to recognize that a major social transformation was taking place in which the clergy were losing their domination of the intellectual life of the nation . |
| 17 | It was immediately adjourned by the ruling Democratic Liberal Party when it became clear that the opposition parties were continuing their boycott of the legislature . |
| 18 | Yesterday , when the Government were defending their postition at the United Nations in Geneva on interrogation procedures and denying that anything untoward was happening , settlements were being awarded in Belfast courts to people who had claimed that they had been assaulted in just those circumstances . |
| 19 | That explained why so many of the big-wave riders were focusing their attention on the outer reefs . |
| 20 | All participants were demonstrating their commitment to the philosophy of Climb for the World — One World , One Family , One Nature . |
| 21 | Mr. Pitt said KPMG were strengthening their presence in the south-east and had chosen Gatwick as the focal point for their work for the region 's business community . |
| 22 | As Japanese , Thai and Khmer Rouge officials met in Bangkok to try to end the impasse , the Khmers Rouges suddenly announced on Aug. 27 that they were dropping their boycott of the peace monitoring process and would resume co-operation with UNTAC . |
| 23 | The 91 patients in Soutar & Wilson 's study were asked their opinion about the effect of noise on sleep and of the 28 who admitted that sleep was more difficult in hospital than at home , only 9 said it was because of the noise . |
| 24 | But since humans are communicators by nature , a special distance-making language was essential if the mandarins were to maintain their power over the peasants . |
| 25 | Similarly , as I have argued elsewhere , this play collapses God into his antithesis , those contemporary secular tyrants who were legitimating their injustice in the name and image of God . |
| 26 | I would arrive home from Morning Service on the big day to find the chicks were fighting their way from the shells . |
| 27 | In August 1944 , having enlisted Chinese support , Ho crossed the border into north Vietnam to make contact once again with the Vietminh forces who , by this time , and in the absence of any other administrative control or military power , were extending their influence in the mountains of northern Tonkin in the area known as the Viet Bac Revolutionary armed forces were supposed to be growing and there was apparently enough revolutionary enthusiasm to support the idea of launching another insurrection from there within a couple of months . |
| 28 | While the national team were put through their paces at Fort Stanley , base for the Black Watch , who are on a two-year tour of duty here , the Scottish Survivors , a team largely consisting of former internationalists , drawn together by Iain Milne , were making their debut in the Carlsberg Tens competition at the Hong Kong Football Club . |
| 29 | According to IRNA , another 1,000,000 Iraqi Kurds were making their way to the Iranian border . |
| 30 | Andy and Des were making their way to the 18th tee . |