Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a fiery encounter , he claimed that on five occasions his players were grabbed by the testicles and , on more than one occasion , were spat on by their opponents . |
| 2 | While police in Strathclyde push on with their high-profile weapons amnesty , Operation Blade , the Lothian force has adopted a lower key approach in keeping with the scale of the problem . |
| 3 | One after the other , Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben got on to their bikes and rode off . |
| 4 | They got on with their lives , did n't interfere , knew nothing of human quarrels , obeyed natural laws without any chicanery . |
| 5 | Perhaps they got on with their lives under the carpeted floor somewhere , while they were whisked to all the places Masklin had seen on the only map the nomes had ever found . |
| 6 | If anyone caught her curious eye , they just smiled politely back and got on with their business . |
| 7 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 8 | Then she could actually see what was going on in the family , which was that her mother was servicing her father , who just looked out of the window most of the time , psychically speaking , while the siblings got on with their rivalry . |
| 9 | As a growing proportion of an ageing population lived on into their eighties or even nineties , the disparity between their life chances and those of the able-bodied employed became more and more apparent . |
| 10 | Of the widowed and single , by contrast , only two-thirds now lived on in their own homes , usually with their children or lodgers , or very rarely grandchildren , but 12 per cent on their own . |
| 11 | Walking through Ricky 's woods , Daisy noticed ruby-red sticky buds thrusting out on the chestnuts , although many of the trees still clung on to their shrivelled brown leaves . |
| 12 | Love ( 68 ) and Couples ( 71 ) clung on to their overnight lead , three shots ahead of host nation Spain . |
| 13 | Soviet military planners tried to circumvent the treaty cutting conventional forces in Europe , because they thought the cuts agreed on by their foreign ministry went too deep . |
| 14 | As Taylor rightly says , most academics simply do not feel competent to comment on what goes on outside their discipline , and even if they do , there are powerful professional and institutional demarcations which deter them from doing so . |
| 15 | According to Alistair Kelman , however , many companies do not even comply with the Companies Act by keeping detailed records of what goes on in their computer systems . |
| 16 | This book shows teachers how they can gain a better understanding of what goes on in their own classrooms , and how to use this understanding to guide their learners effectively . |
| 17 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
| 18 | Both horses are ‘ thinkers ’ — in the sense that a lot depends on what goes on inside their heads . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , communication was simplified and rudimentary forms dominated the interactions , as those imposed upon adopted the time-old tactic of retreating into inarticulateness to conceal what goes on within their life-world . |
| 20 | There is fat chance of that for as long as the Government allows the banks to carry on with their grasping one-way policy . |
| 21 | In public , people tried to carry on with their lives , while at home they were starting to prepare for what was to come . |
| 22 | Adds Lt Watts : ‘ What often made situations all the more tragic was the fact that these poor From here is single col for page 7 people were trying to carry on with their lives . |
| 23 | ‘ The whole set up is there and yet the other parties want to carry on with their wasteful plans . ’ |
| 24 | Governors should recognise their power to co-opt on to their working groups , in a non-voting capacity , any member of the local community who could offer specific expertise and skills which they may be lacking . |
| 25 | The landlord of The Morning Star at New Bradwell , was Major Ansell MBE ( HG ) , who thought it unjust that they had to soldier on after their experiences . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not my intention to stay cooped up in here , waiting for them to go on with their little games . ’ |
| 27 | A large group in the opposite corner had erupted into laughter at just the right moment , to mask the sound of her action , however , and even those who had seen and heard were simply hiding slightly shocked and curious smiles behind polite hands and pretending to go on with their talk . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that if the major galleries of this country are to go on with their extremely enlightened and successful purchasing programme , it is essential that we bring in charging for entry ? |
| 29 | And please let them be hanging on to their gossip and porter . |
| 30 | " Nice to hear of someone hanging on to their old family possessions . |