Example sentences of "had [verb] their [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time — at least to start with — we could pick up some of those who had been the least successful in their school careers , often because they had turned their backs on the opportunities open to them , and provide the first steps towards training and employment . |
| 2 | The Young Conservatives had turned their backs on the enemy , broken through the police cordon and forced their way into the hotel . |
| 3 | As night fell they had turned their backs on the rush and excitement of the Expo and returned to the old Seville where they had dined by candlelight in a small pavement café and watched the world rush by . |
| 4 | The report came amidst speculation that radical factions supported by Khalkhali had intensified their attacks on the government for its policy of rapprochement with the West . |
| 5 | And a lot of times , particularly after shooting in the east , they were cut off from getting to Damascus so they had to put their tapes on the boat to Larnaca and up-link it from Cyprus . |
| 6 | Many had pinned their hopes on the Renewal Movement and found it wanting . |
| 7 | In later years the truth came out how two of the tailors apprentices had spent their wages on the Saturday night |
| 8 | The noise of the incoming tide had interrupted their games on the sand further out in the estuary . |
| 9 | Once they had set their feet on the path they tumbled down bold and bouncy as puppies . |
| 10 | He gave warning that the longer the Council of Ministers waited before taking a decision on the former , the more time trading partners had to change their minds on the latter . |
| 11 | Passengers who had left their vehicles on the car deck had crowded at the rails on the upper deck . |
| 12 | Fielding Goodney , with all kinds of developments : a " dream script " had come through from Doris Arthur , Caduta Mass and Butch Beausoleil had put their signatures on the line , Spunk wanted in , Lorne wanted out — Lorne Guyland was going crazy , or was staying that way . |
| 13 | Speaking to the Herald and Post this week , Brian Wilson said they had submitted their views on the document to the board at the end of last week . |