Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few of the owners , like the Lorrimores and Daffodil and Filmer , had arranged their own transport separately in the shape of chauffeur-driven limousines , their chauffeurs coming over to the train to carry their bags . |
| 2 | Along the broken kerb of the road stood a line of taxis , their drivers dozing in the back seats with their legs dangling out of the open doors . |
| 3 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 4 | Cloth of gold and exquisite tapestries hung on the walls , their fringes reaching down to the wooden panelling . |
| 5 | They had come back as a fleet , their sails bellying out under the south-westerly gale , the men shouting to each other across the water to compare catches , and their womenfolk waiting on the beach to help with the unloading and to make a start on the gutting and salting and packing . |
| 6 | On the other hand we had watched the dismal faces of friends who were resuscitating old cottages and who spent their weekends streaking down to the country to see how the builders were getting on — and they were n't . |
| 7 | United to continued to prove to press forward but found their moves breaking down in the visitor 's penalty area . |
| 8 | Living Chrysopilus live in marshy areas in Europe , their larvae growing up beneath the soil . |
| 9 | Syria still likes to portray itself as the sworn enemy of the Israelis , but the Ba'ath Party officials who rule with an iron hand appear to have given up trying to stop their citizens tuning in to the ‘ Zionists ’ wavelength . |
| 10 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
| 11 | She could see the Women now too , their cloaks whipping out in the gusts of fire . |