Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One group have lost their legs altogether and taken to burrowing underground . |
| 2 | Local villagers are prepared to sacrifice their lives rather than move to the inadequate , drought-prone resettlement areas ; many who moved to the resettlement areas in past years are now returning to their threatened villages . |
| 3 | Much anxiety may be avoided for your elderly parents if you can organise yourself and other members of the family to help them regularly with the jobs they can not cope with — anticipating their needs rather than waiting to be asked . |
| 4 | Now , I understand Chairman that the Lib Dems have changed their minds now and succumbed to the demands of the Labour group |
| 5 | So sensitive lefty souls have turned their faces away and taken to calling themselves ‘ Britons . ’ |
| 6 | Dr Wells says sufferers should fight a mental battle against their headaches rather than submit to them . |