Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 2 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 3 | Their meeting will probably be nothing more than a courteous request from your boyfriend for your parents ' blessing and approval and it should get their relationship off to a good start ! |
| 4 | And some bidders are expected to buy 2 tractors , so they can get their collection off to a good start . |
| 5 | WEDGWOOD Cricket Club have hit their rivals for six by getting their season off to a blistering start . |
| 6 | Loyal to their oath down to the last breath , the 6th Army , under the exemplary leadership of General Field Marshal Paulus , succumbed to the superior force of the enemy and the unfavourable conditions . |
| 7 | After incubation and the exertions of tending their young , adults require the rest of the summer to regain condition and undergo at least a partial moult , then to fatten again for their journey back to the wintering grounds . |
| 8 | A river flowed near to Bavduin , and each night the dead came to the water on their journey back to the cold earth of their own times and lands . |
| 9 | Carrie 's young brother was waiting to tie up a brace of barges to a river tug for their journey back to the Royal Albert Dock and he had taken the opportunity to visit his sister and her husband in the dining rooms . |
| 10 | This applies notably to cowrie shells which partly for this reason have maintained their status down to the ethnographic present in many parts of the world . |
| 11 | Born into one of the oldest families of Ulthuan , the brothers can trace their line back to the doomed King Aenarion , first and mightiest of the Phoenix Kings of Ulthuan . |
| 12 | The older colleges , which traced their history back to the eighteenth century 's ‘ dissenting academies ’ had not kept the high standing they had then enjoyed . |
| 13 | And on Sunday , the Archbishop of Canterbury , George Carey ( at a service of dedication to mark — of all things — the advent of the single European market ) , inveighed against the ‘ trickle-down ’ theory of wealth distribution , whereby ever-higher incomes for the wealthy are somehow supposed ‘ naturally ’ to find their way through to the poor . |
| 14 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 15 | Cranston and Athelstan stabled their horses in a dingy tavern and walked back , forcing their way through to the great prison door . |
| 16 | Seven members had won their way through to the British Finals . |
| 17 | They had got in through a cellar window at the back and made their way up to a small office on the third landing where , according to Cyril , the sole employee had been there man and boy until he became fossilized and had to be removed feet first from his station . |
| 18 | The stairs were still sound and both boys made their way up to the top floor . |
| 19 | But instead of waiting on the same platform for an Edgware train , they made their way up to the British Rail terminus , and in the men 's lavatory the bear got into his bear suit . |
| 20 | Conversationalists do not operate with the idea that their remarks will find their way on to a permanent record and by definition it is usually conversation which a sociolinguist participant observer is studying , rather than some other more overtly structured kind of talk . |
| 21 | As a natural consequence of the participant observation method , some situations which are highly successful recording sessions can leave the observer feeling unhappy that they have found their way on to a permanent record . |
| 22 | The promise of plenty of planting can prove useful to a company in search of planning permission , so Waterers has found its services increasingly in demand by supermarket giants Sainsbury 's and Tesco as they try and inveigle their way on to the green belt . |
| 23 | This will be particularly important in our efforts to explore the ways in which the private traumas of married couples have found their way on to the public agendas of churchmen , politicians , policy makers and others over a fifty year period . |
| 24 | The life-cycles of many animals require them to find their way back to a particular place . |
| 25 | Even where the entrances were very well hidden by ploughing and cultivation , the rabbits somehow found their way back to the selfsame underground burrows their predecessors had used for generations . |
| 26 | But Tottenham 's problems pale by comparison with those of last night 's opponents ; should Coventry beat Sheffield Wednesday at home tonight and win or draw here on Saturday , then County will be on their way back to the Second Division . |
| 27 | They had met when dining at English 's Oyster House , and were on their way back to the rebuilt Grand Hotel for a night-cap and bed . |
| 28 | Despite these dangers many birds find their way back to the same spots year after year . |
| 29 | I wait by the gate as they pick their way down to the slimy bottom of the dip . |
| 30 | At the other extreme , the argument that extant phyla maintain their identity back to the Cambrian offers no more than a tautology . |