Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] their [noun sg] on the " in BNC.

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1 Edwards and Rackages base their approach on the highly questionable premise that spectator violence is merely a playing out of tensions external to sport itself .
2 All except Lord Diplock founded their decision on the ground that the LTE was under a general duty to run its operations on ordinary business principles and that this had been breached by the reduction of fares without regard to those principles .
3 Cambridge increased their lead on the half-hour when Simms intercepted an ambitious cut-out pass by Smith inside his own half and sprinted 70 yards down centre-field to score between the posts .
4 Meanwhile in the besieged Bosnian capital , Sarajevo , at least eight people were killed and 95 injured in fighting as rebel Serbs tightened their grip on the strategic western suburbs .
5 And it was on one of those nights late in May that Sam , Jackie and Rose made their assault on the great house .
6 ALL Ireland champions Kilkenny put their title on the line this afternoon against a Galway side desperately keen to revive the glory days of the late 80s .
7 Holland and Benn stake their politics on the prospect of particular outcomes of the practice of management of capitalist national economies ' ( 1978 , p. 277 ) .
8 Coran Brothers FC have their ground on the outskirts of Watley and as the train goes through the middle of the town you may think it impossible to see any of Linekar Avenue but this is not so .
9 MOTOR RACING : Bicester-based racing car builders Reynard tightened their grip on the Japanese Formula 3000 championship at the weekend when Brazilian Paolo Carcasci won the second round at Fuji Raceway in a 92D model .
10 It may be that the foundation of the chain of trading posts had to be established by force , but it is probably only in this very limited sense that the Minoans imposed their will on the Aegean world outside Crete .
11 Cookham cancelled their match on the river because of poor weather and although the waterway at Maidenhead was fishable the match had to be cancelled because of frozen banks .
12 Town started very positively against the makeshift Bracknell team , and right from the kick off , Abingdon asserted their authority on the game .
13 RWC defended their format on the dangerous premise that aspiring World Cup Sevens sides should be paragons of fitness .
14 After breaking into two local homes and hi-jacking the occupants ' cars the IRA launched their attack on the apparently vulnerable target only to be ambushed themselves by the SAS .
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