Example sentences of "their [noun] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our school was evacuated to Hadlow Down in Sussex , just about where the German bombers used to off-load their bombs to save themselves the trouble of having to go all the way to London . |
| 2 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |
| 3 | They not only make an income from their paintings , and the cards from them , but their work gives them the challenge to succeed despite handicap . |
| 4 | These people now face annual medical inspection for the rest of their lives to assess what the radiation may have bequeathed to them in terms of a legacy of cancer or birth defects . |
| 5 | In its internal history for the Joint Chiefs of Staff , their secretariat give them the credit ( or blame ) for taking the first step in shifting the battle for Asia from China to Southeast Asia . |
| 6 | One or two of my friends made it their business to send me the cutting from the Paternoster Review . |
| 7 | After a long descent the shaft widened a little , and the light of their torches showed them the interior of the mine , the southern end of the tunnellings . |
| 8 | His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer . |
| 9 | Buzzcocks differ in only one way from their contemporaries : they possess a spark of originality ( that was important once , remember ? ) , and their music gives you the impression they spent longer than the customary ten minutes clutching the quill in preparation to write . |
| 10 | Conrad and Philippa think they are real , and their reality gives them the right to doubt mine . |
| 11 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 12 | ‘ Victor does a marvellous job in the loose for Bath because they are the strongest club side in England and therefore their pack give him the chance to run free . |