Example sentences of "[noun] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dressed in religious vestments their dry delivery and material was new and original . |
| 2 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 3 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 4 | The two Longner men who rode one on either side their borrowed minstrel brought him as far as the gatehouse , waiting in silence as he dismounted . |
| 5 | For many fans their only chance of getting a coveted Wembley ticket was to collect all three vouchers and hope their numbers came out in a draw . |
| 6 | I 'd never enjoyed the media interest and the goldfish-bowl aspect of driving , and while I was grateful to have fans their continual invasion of my privacy got me down . |
| 7 | Wherever they are now , black people are descended from Africans , but over the centuries their genetic heritage has become diversified and complicated by various permutations of mating . |
| 8 | Thereafter , she became a statutory tenant under section 2(1) ( a ) , and giving the words of that subsection their natural meaning , it would appear that she was by the Act to remain a statutory tenant so long as she continued in occupation of the dwelling-house . |
| 9 | Short was co-driver for the British hope David Llewellin , but on Tuesday their British-prepared Toyota Celica crashed out of the five-day , 2,000-mile event . |
| 10 | While parental choice embodied in the Educational Reform Act has broken down the traditional secondary-feeder primary school catchment areas , for the vast number of secondary schools their associated primaries are unchanged . |
| 11 | JOHN BARNES , the England winger struggling with a hamstring injury , stayed in Liverpool yesterday as Bobby Robson 's squad met up in Buckinghamshire to fine-tune their final plans for next Wednesday 's World Cup qualifying game in Poland . |
| 12 | Jean-Georges Noverre in his Letters on Dance ( 1760 ) described the seven movements which give steps their varying qualities , namely : to bend , stretch , rise , jump glide , dart and turn . |
| 13 | And the couple can look forward to more proud moments in the future , Antony their youngest son says when he grows up he wants to be soldier and be just as brave as his dad . |
| 14 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 15 | LIVERPOOL blood their new signing Stig Inge Bjornbye at Coventry today after receiving last-minute clearance for the Norwegian . |
| 16 | It makes clear , firstly , that Eighth Army and AF HQ were brought fully into the picture as to the methods being used by 5 Corps to effect the repatriation of the anti-Tito Yugoslavs and , after all the discussions which had gone on in previous days , gave those methods their complete support . |
| 17 | Detailed consideration of these Acts is beyond the scope of this book , but reference is made throughout where the draftsman of a partnership agreement should bear in mind their possible impact — most obviously in connection with maternity leave ( Clause 15.02 – 15.04 ) and part-time employment . |
| 18 | But even where a man threatens to use no more force than is necessary for him to have sexual intercourse with a woman and the force needed , bearing in mind their relative sizes and strengths , would be minimal , it seems to be accepted that this would be rape . |
| 19 | The Blackpool Civic Trust made the restoration of the car their special project for the Borough Centenary in 1976 , and accordingly the car returned in 1975 and was displayed on the Promenade opposite the Foxhall . |
| 20 | And one tends to conclude that all attempts to be poetic in some manner or other defeat their own end ; whereas an intentness on the quality of the emotion to be conveyed makes for poetry . |
| 21 | Mounted centrally on the roof was a tall tower supporting a neat diamond pantograph collector , which gave the cars their popular name . |
| 22 | They did n't want me at this party , but because I AM , fang and claw I have grapple-hooked their smooth cliffs , and have the right to stalk these wooded cliffs , lap at their abundant streams . |
| 23 | The minutiae of naval , political and social life are introduced with the utmost literary tact so that the reader can enjoy the piquancy of surprise and can sense the author 's secret enjoyment of allusions which give the books their total authenticity . |
| 24 | Both firms make his stablemate Tertian their new favourite . |
| 25 | So why not give the obvious candidates their big chance , asks WAYNE SHELFORD . |
| 26 | Indeed , asking subjects their first thoughts on seeing the critical slide confirmed that they were more likely to be thinking about the woman than the general environment in the arousal condition . |
| 27 | As when a swarme of Gnats at euentide Out of the fennes of Allan do arise , Their murmuring small trompets sounden wide , Whiles in the aire their clustring army flies , That as a cloud doth seeme to dim the skies ; Ne man nor beast may rest or take repast For their sharpe wounds , and noyous iniuries , |
| 28 | The Committee unanimously decided to send Ken their best wishes for his speedy recovery and hope that he will soon be able to resume his duties . |
| 29 | But the whole thrust of this production is to undercut rhetoric and to give Webster 's pithy , metaphysical images their due weight . |
| 30 | Freaky Realistic flaunt their dodgy ticker |