Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Now the railways levelled them with their black cousins on the other side of the 49th parallel . |
| 2 | In 1986 he took over the captaincy from Fletcher and led them to their third championship in four years , but early in 1987 he suffered a bad loss of form and the team slipped right down the table . |
| 3 | Not only was it their first victory since early December but it moved them above their vanquished opponents at the foot of the table . |
| 4 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 5 | Founded by David Blechner and Jack Schumann in 1973 , the firm started out as a computer bureau , hiring time on its computers to customers who used them for their own jobs . |
| 6 | It is therefore a bonus for the theory that clay replicators synthesized organic molecules and used them for their own purposes . |
| 7 | It was , in fact , the professional warrener , the man who became each estate 's killing machine , who perfected the various sporting methods that exist today and who honed them to their maximum effectiveness . |
| 8 | He seemed far away from Ruth , in a trance whose nature she could only guess at — but free , she thought , of the despair and anger that beset him in their own world . |
| 9 | But the fight did not prevent the fundamental beliefs in the nation and ‘ the historic integrity of the island of Ireland ’ , as nationalist parties described it in their New Ireland Forum ( 1983 — 4 : i. 28 ) , from remaining basic to the perceptions of both parties . |
| 10 | The rulers promptly monopolized it for their own regalia and as a medium for bestowing honour and obligations on their retainers . |
| 11 | After a long time , a familiar voice woke them from their lazy reverie . |
| 12 | The storm came and drove them into their flimsy shelter . |
| 13 | Such countries were allowed to buy non-military materials , provided that they paid cash for them and transported them in their own ships ( the " cash and carry laws " ) . |
| 14 | Local authorities assumed something like their present form after the Local Government Act of 1888 , which gave them greater powers to raise funds and pass by-laws . |
| 15 | 2–10–1905 They discussed the report of the Synod Committee and were dissatisfied , the report being " a misrepresentation of the state of the congregation " and expressed their sympathy with Rev. Peter Stewart and assured him of their full confidence . |
| 16 | " Are you at school then ? " he asked , and they told him about their two boarding-schools . |
| 17 | He told him about their ruined holiday and where they had spent the previous night , although he did not reveal his unusual experience . |
| 18 | I ordered it at the branch of the Times Library then housed in Elliston and Cavell 's , the nearest equivalent to Harrods in the Oxford of pre-war years , and remember with what excitement I received it from their admirable librarian Miss Lush ( now Lady Ormerod ) at the end of my day 's work in the Bodleian . |
| 19 | This award was instituted in 1900 in recognition of French firemen who distinguished themselves through their courageous actions ; or those who completed thirty years of irreproachable service . |
| 20 | It was an alarming and not very attractive event in which the Bisus were treated more like circus whores than like priests , yet retained a touchingly self-possessed dignity , despite the ragging they received from their " flock " and the abuse to which they subjected themselves with their own blades . |
| 21 | About this time , the Reichmanns divested themselves of their English Properties company in London for a profit of £90 million . |
| 22 | Though applicants had to demonstrate financial soundness and programming ability , they paid nothing for their regional monopolies , which guaranteed them a share of the £1 billion-plus ( $1.95 billion ) of television advertising sold in Britain each year . |
| 23 | Andrew bought young horses and made them well , Nicandra showed them to their best advantage , she had become a beautiful horsewoman . |
| 24 | Molly congratulated the 16 successful candidates at this year 's examination , presented certificates to those who were present and welcomed them to their first training day as qualified teachers . |
| 25 | The British were suspicious of the loyalty of headmen , and soon stripped them of their judicial powers . |
| 26 | His screams were so terrible that none who ever heard them forgot them till their dying day . |
| 27 | The young , the bold , the lowly paid and overworked , acknowledged him as their spiritual leader . |
| 28 | Fanned it with their own hatred . ’ |
| 29 | " It 's as though the bio-tech industry had given the Commission its wish-list , and the Commission turned it into their basic position paper " said MEP Hiltrud Breyer . |
| 30 | Indians have discarded the Empire ; they have clung to the language of the imperialists and shaped it in their own manner . |