Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [prep] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And people lived or died by their ability to , to produce a competent result at the end of the day . |
| 2 | It is not caused by the absence of encouragement or love , nor prevented or helped by their presence . |
| 3 | Health authorities were asked to respond to the data they received and explain to their RHA any " outliers " , that is indicators appearing in the top or bottom l5 per cent of the national league table . |
| 4 | Although he was initially delighted to be a father , Keith was totally unable to cope with the responsibility and came and went in their relationship as he pleased , giving little help or support . |
| 5 | Three bodies they brought down hacked and clawed from their camping-place , and Meurig , last of all , they found in the dawn on the crest of the hill , pinned to the ground by his own lance . |
| 6 | The first was on the unemployed themselves , how they interpreted and reacted to their experience , their political beliefs and behaviour . |
| 7 | Their self-image was that of the chosen few for whom the spectacle provided an inexhaustible supply of objects ( and people ) to hate , and whilst the apparent ease with which they targeted and disposed of their opposition often made good copy ( the endless adventure , the scandal , etc. ) , there is a sense in which the hectoring tone of their documents became repetitive and wearisome . |
| 8 | Mrs Joyce turned them back-to-back and the smaller children chuckled and somersaulted in their amusement to see the two girls were the same height . |
| 9 | Fulmars performed dizzily above and below our position , wings motionless as they banked and swooped in their exploitation of the wind eddies . |
| 10 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
| 11 | From time to time a little breeze , trapped in the courtyard , eddied and gusted in their direction , bringing with it the first hint of the sweet smell of decay . |
| 12 | The ‘ broth ’ came through , followed closely by the tall figure of their father , who stood right behind his boys as they stood and stared at their sister . |
| 13 | Gascoigne , appearing riled by some of the rough-and-tumble of Tranmere 's enthusiasm , teased and toyed with their defence , beating one , two and three defenders , only to fall foul of three more when a simple pass would have done the business . |
| 14 | Around them the coolies punished earlier whimpered and groaned in their sleep . |