Example sentences of "their [noun pl] and [verb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I am very sad that the Government — for the next few months , anyway — are trying to drag their heels and opt out of so many important aspects of what the Community is doing . |
| 2 | They were required to leave their beds and get out of the hostel by nine o'clock in the morning , and they were not expected to hang about any more until about five or more in the evening . |
| 3 | ‘ They smuggled drugs and used criminal ways to buy their dreams and get out of the system . |
| 4 | The drivers had the hardest job , concentrating on holding their positions and keeping out of the way of the front and rear gunners . |
| 5 | She , Carrie , and George grabbed their coats and fled out of the room and down the stairs . |
| 6 | Similar to these are the filter-feeders , animals that pass a current of water through their bodies and take out of it all the food they need . |
| 7 | They stretched their arms out to make wings and Preston swung an imaginary propeller and they made engine noises with their mouths and ran out of the hangar . |
| 8 | Those often cut their engines and drift out of control off Muckle Flugga , possibly to save fuel . |
| 9 | The Wisharts read the remaining news in their papers and looked out of the window , the old lady was still silent and motionless . |