Example sentences of "they [conj] their [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they find that their plans can not be carried out , this teaches them that their anticipations concerning the decisions of others were overly optimistic . |
| 2 | Edward I , as duke of Aquitaine , was particularly sought after by Gascon nobles as a patron of knighthood , prepared to gird them and their sons with the sword which was the symbol of their order . |
| 3 | These casuals were probably some of the most hygienic people in England , because every institution plunged them and their shirts into the wash before all else . |
| 4 | The magistrates convicted them and their appeal to the Crown Court was dismissed . |
| 5 | Therefore , the sort of person attracted to work in the bureaucracy on the implementation of such programmes was likely to be sympathetic to them and their commitment to the programmes was likely to grow rather than diminish with time . |
| 6 | These images were inherited by Edward I and his successors , and also reminded them and their counsellors of the ideal qualities attributed to one of their illustrious predecessors . |
| 7 | They undoubtedly relish the prestige and the political power it ( reputedly ) gives them but their commitment to the newspaper world is ultimately a business one . |
| 8 | More typical , perhaps , were the modest gains of a group of Cheshire archers who divided £8-12-6 amongst them as their share of the proceeds of a silver ship belonging to the Ring of France and seized at Poitiers . |