Example sentences of "their [noun] [adv] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knights owe their allegiance directly to their lord : the Elector Count of their province . |
| 2 | Darlington people will be able to hand their goods over to their milkman on collection days until March 6 . |
| 3 | The third category has been characterized as queen 's bishops , owing their promotion largely to her influence and forming a party deliberately constructed by her over some half a dozen years ; but this view does not survive close scrutiny since only two of the alleged party were even remotely indebted to Isabella for their appointments . |
| 4 | Tomorrow these three will be at the Battle of Britain memorial service in St Anne 's Cathedral , and will be spiritually linked to countless others as they cast their minds back to their youth , to friends from a generation which became a legend . |
| 5 | Reeves puts their humour down to their upbringing in Darlington and Middlesbrough respectively . |
| 6 | On their way up to their office in the attic , therefore , Ian and Theodora had to pass the open doors of the offices of the Dean and the Archdeacon on the ground floor , and that of Canon Wheeler on the first . |
| 7 | Even when his hands pat their way up to my crotch it is less embarrassing than having a tailor measure my inside leg . |
| 8 | At 4am armed men came into my house forcing their way upstairs to my bedroom . |
| 9 | Despite having the heaviest postbag in the Royal Family , Diana enjoyed skimming through the scores of letters which found their way on to her desk every day . |
| 10 | He and Robinson emptied their slop buckets into the waste chutes provided , rinsed them with boiling water and then made their way back to their cell . |
| 11 | The term homing pigeon gives foundation to the popular belief that these birds have a natural ability to find their way back to their loft no matter what the distance . |
| 12 | Children were taught to show their parents obedience , duty , and respect , taking their hat off to their father as a matter of manners , and at solemn moments kneeling to receive his formal blessing . |
| 13 | Sabine welcomed Marie-Christine 's suggestion that they should take their coffee up to her room , and look at some furniture catalogues . |