Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] in their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Youngest Son would stay with us in Al Ain , catching up on his studies in order to graduate with his class from secondary school , but it would be a week before the Sheikh and his elder sons drew up in their big Mercedes and brought that filling of the house that always comes when men are at home , the heavy laughter , the smell of pipe smoke , screeches of excitement from the children as they are tossed high in the air . |
| 2 | Manchester United fail to win the Championship for 25 years in a row , but attract the biggest crowds of all ; Everton supporters turn up in their thousands week after week , ignoring the better , winning team that plays a matter of yards away ; the absence of Gascoigne and Lineker will not deter the Tottenham faithful . |
| 3 | These snazzy rollers heat up in their own box which holds three different sized , colour-coded rollers . |
| 4 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 5 | In Wales , the crowds turned out in their thousands to greet their new Princess , and they were not disappointed |
| 6 | The worshippers headed off in their own directions , and the ordered chequerboard shattered . |
| 7 | Likewise , when the Pavements and Mercury Revs farted around in their peculiar padded cells , the thought of getting hip to sway the record buying masses was way down on a list of priorities filled with stuff like , uh , paying the rent and , dur , making music for the hell of it . |
| 8 | All the teachers bouncing about in their flower-power gear , trying to get you to dance with them , and old Fungus Williams playing his ancient records . |
| 9 | This is a designated training post for doctors starting out in their medical careers , during which they should acquire greater responsibility for patient care and competence in a wide range of general skills . |
| 10 | The local Wiccans came up here on warm nights to dance around in their bare scuddies . |