Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major and Mr Lamont did not eat their words out of a cavalier regard for the truth and a penchant for duplicity at election times . |
| 2 | " They 're always like that , gassing their heads off in a public shop . |
| 3 | On the other hand , poorer residents , in spite of their organisation and activity , could often do very little to press their demands through to a successful policy outcome . |
| 4 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 5 | They win their parents over with a rose-tinted vision of the world which is decidedly reassuring . |
| 6 | Many women need extra financial help from the state in order to bring their incomes up to a minimum figure and to help with their rent and rates . |
| 7 | So you could have paid a company five hundred , six hundred pounds , and have no surrender value whatsoever , in the first two years , cos they 'll take their charges out on a twenty year , a twenty five year contract . |
| 8 | ‘ Should I start by saying all the usual , very appropriate things ? ’ he asked lightly as he took their drinks over to a small table near the cavernous fireplace . |