Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if most people will at some time in their lives live in a family which does conform to the cereal-packet image , they will also necessarily spend much of their lives outside it . |
| 2 | Their writings engage with a spectrum of the cultural and theological traditions of medieval Europe . |
| 3 | Their boards operate behind a shroud of secrecy — MDC does not even publish its corporate strategy . |
| 4 | The foresters , both riding and walking , and their pages take for a cart two , three or four shillings , from some more and from others less according to their means , and for a pack-horse twelve , sixteen or eighteen pence , to raise their fine which they have made with the warden for their appointment ; this to the great destruction of the King 's forest and the grievance of those who have woods in the forest , for they suffer the carriers to go quit all through the year without attachment , and yet the King has no profit … |
| 5 | Their difficulties stem from a number of different causes and may be temporary or permanent ; and they may be receiving their education , either outside the mainstream ( whether in special classes or units in ordinary schools , or in special schools ) or in ordinary classes in ordinary schools . |
| 6 | With experienced guides , you can stroll among the seals and even feed some of the babies while their mothers go for a swim under the ice . |
| 7 | These problems require very different sorts of action ; together their requirements conflict in a way that gives him little room for manoeuvre . |
| 8 | These problems require very different sorts of action ; together their requirements conflict in a way that gives him little room for manoeuvre . |
| 9 | In the first place , by 1986 , teachers and other educational staff had seen the purchasing power of their salaries slip to a half or a third of their 1980 value . |
| 10 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 11 | Single mothers and their boyfriends come from a range of social backgrounds , but most are poor . |
| 12 | University or polytechnic students should apply to their Careers Service for a list of possible employers while school leavers may be advised by the school or college careers adviser or the local authority careers adviser . |
| 13 | We have worked out how badly smokers lose out by not diverting their cigs cash into a savings plan . |
| 14 | But later , only a small cluster of people remain , grouped around the Martyr 's Cross where their candles burn to a carpet of wax . |