Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] their [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely to be up to 10 years before the banks would be able either to sell their stake on the local stock market or to pass on their holdings to other investors . |
| 2 | Some former social therapy clients describe being asked to inform NAP of their whereabouts at all times so they could be contacted for party activity , or to hand over their children to the party 's care in order to devote more time to politics . |
| 3 | What is clear however is that the liberating influence of peer group learning , the facility to discuss with other commonly faced problems , to share common interests , and to relate directly their experiences to our own , in our own terms , is a powerful learning tool for social development . |
| 4 | Before the result was announced , two deputies representing Taiwan stood up and shouted out their opposition to the £6 billion hydro-electric and flood control scheme , before storming out . |
| 5 | Instead they rise to the surface to take what we provide and show off their colours to the best advantage . |
| 6 | Such works demean religious believers and hold up their convictions to contempt . |
| 7 | So far , however , the crofters in the Western Isles have preferred to purchase only the house sites and pass on their rights to their families , although in other areas where the land is better there has been greater interest in purchasing whole crofts . |
| 8 | Then he turned and reeled off their order to the woman . |
| 9 | John Warnock and Chuck Geschke of Adobe both worked for Xerox at the Palo Alto Research Centre where PDLs were invented and set up their company to commercially exploit the concepts they had helped develop . |
| 10 | The brilliance of the flame had collected a large crowd of urchins , dancing in the warmth ; behind them the cabmen stamped their feet and held forth their hands to the glow . |