Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
| 2 | Louis Leclair — the uncle of one of the victims , Maryse Leclair — was director there and Dominique Leclair — Maryse 's cousin remembers : ‘ The employees did n't want him to serve them their lunch because of his acne . ’ |
| 3 | It had seemed an impossible dream at the time ; but to have an impossible dream was a harmless comfort , and their love and respect for Rabbi Moishe made it difficult for them to grudge him their co-operation . |
| 4 | The purpose of this Act was to deny them their right , as British citizens , to enter Britain . |
| 5 | It was the same story with the first three but the fourth told me that I would be certain to get a coffin from a firm of suppliers in Birkenhead and was kind enough to give me their telephone number . |
| 6 | She appealed to the Teachers to give them their support in every way possible . |
| 7 | The carers are now due to go to London for a meeting with North West MPs and national charities who are to give them their support . |
| 8 | The Court of Appeal held that the ordinary rules of construction require the court to look at the section 's words and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 9 | The ordinary canons of construction require this court to look at the words of the section and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 10 | She 'd leave them watching their choice of video or music for an hour or so before returning to give them their tea . |
| 11 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 12 | Even if you decide not to join , our branches are always glad to give you their support , but by actually joining you would give us CPRW a stronger voice both locally and nationally . |
| 13 | He always likes to do it their way . |
| 14 | Now 's the time to give 'em their cumuppance . |
| 15 | One Dove prepare to give us their version of ‘ I Could Be Happy ’ |
| 16 | They paid the Greeks to teach them their wisdom and often did not even have to pay because they were their slaves . |
| 17 | In the fieldwork situation the anthropologist 's aim must be that his informants should treat him as their pupil and that they should be prepared to teach him their way of life by accepting him as a kinsman , so that , as near as may be , he becomes " one of us " . |
| 18 | But my stroke of genius — if you will allow — has been finding a way of getting the locals to bequeath us their family treasures . |
| 19 | Little dabs of left brake counteracted the crosswind for the first couple of hundred yards , but above sixty knots the rudders became effective and she was easy to align just beside the centreline lights to spare us their jolting . |
| 20 | If your people have to see us their imagination runs riot , and we get trouble . ’ |
| 21 | At 5am the next day , doctors had awoken Mr Taylor and his wife Joanne to tell them their son had had a heart attack and suffered severe brain damage . |
| 22 | I used to think sex was all about condoms and fellatio and getting girls to show you their underwear . |
| 23 | Ask visitors to show you their identity cards , and , if they ca n't produce them , ring their place of work ( make sure that you yourself find the telephone number from Directory Enquiries ) while they wait outside the closed front door . |
| 24 | ‘ No , Shelley , and I 'm glad to tell you their removal was nothing at all to do with you . |
| 25 | And to crown it all , ‘ What a charming companion you have been , ’ Ven commented across the table as he waited for the waiter to bring him their bill . |
| 26 | And nowadays coaches had lavatories and armchairs and dear little hostesses whom Laura liked to induce to tell her their life stories . |
| 27 | People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , we 'd been so public I suppose everyone thought they had a right to make it their business , and what 's more according to us they did . ’ |
| 29 | They 'd hear it th th they would n't erm they 'd know through the agent , when the ships were coming they used to make it their business to go and find out you see but today th they even got telephones on the houses now so they can call 'em out . |
| 30 | We 've asked the three major political parties to tell us their dog ifestos . |