Example sentences of "their [noun] [adv] to their [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Reeves puts their humour down to their upbringing in Darlington and Middlesbrough respectively . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |