Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] their [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those people — and thousands of them went through the proper procedure — will be contacted later this month and given the opportunity to purchase their tickets for the next home game . ’ |
| 2 | The committee express their thanks for the work he has done in a voluntary capacity over the past months . |
| 3 | But there were others who , despite their disaffection to Hanover , had little desire to risk their necks for the positive alternative the Pretender represented . |
| 4 | Clerical staff at Oxford Polytechnic vacated their desks for the picket line . |
| 5 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 6 | We had rehearsals in the morning , and by lunch-time people were already coming across the river to get their places for the play . |
| 7 | The numerous victims of their rapacity and greed had no reason to risk their necks for the king and his favourites ; nobles such as the king 's half-brother the Earl of Norfolk , who might have expected to enjoy some influence at court , hated the Despensers for their monopoly of the king 's presence ; and the heirs of the victims of 1322 had everything to gain from the overthrow of Edward 's regime . |
| 8 | Changes relevant to the LFAs proposed in the EEC Review of agricultural structures are assessed in order to predict their implications for the UK situation . |
| 9 | People living within walking distance of the track decorate their houses for the family cookout with checkered flags and banners . |