Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 2 | Eight of them lived their last years in their children 's homes . |
| 3 | The growing Country opposition to William 's ministry in the Scottish Parliament consisted mainly of men who stood on a Revolution and Presbyterian foot , but whose exclusion from office exacerbated their disillusionment and allowed them to indulge their nationalist sentiments . |
| 4 | Dark gull-like seabirds , called Jaegers in North America , noted for their piratical methods of feeding , by pursuing other seabirds , especially gulls and terns , to make them disgorge their last catch . |
| 5 | Some in the colony 's business community share that view since following it in policy terms would allow them to continue their prosperous trade links across the border . |
| 6 | And they should , as well , be able to get everyone to attend their own dentist so that as you 're registered with the doctors then you should with the dentist . |
| 7 | On Norfolk he remarked that there was not " any hand unemployed , if they would work ; and that the very children after four or five years of age , could everyone earn their own bread " . |
| 8 | Although reporters gave the impression that the troupes were new to the American stage , they had in fact made their debut as far back as 1900 when George Lederer booked them to perform their original Pony Trot . |
| 9 | To enable them to conduct their private practice economically and sensibly from their viewpoint , pay beds were an imperative . |
| 10 | Under expert instruction , dad ( of course ) would administer the fatal blow , and mum would ensure everyone got their favourite cuts by overseeing the butchery . |
| 11 | As the barges plough the blue waters nothing slows their stately progress , no wind fills their sails , no hand guides their tiller . |
| 12 | ‘ So , ’ said Gedanken , ‘ everyone thinks their own life is normal , and it 's the other 's that 's gone wrong — going too fast or too slow . |
| 13 | As I detest midges more than most things in life , leaving them to enjoy their open season for humans is no hardship either . |
| 14 | The extreme toxicity of their venom enables them to kill their main prey — eels — very rapidly and thus prevent them from wriggling free . |
| 15 | Finally , functional elites may be offered incorporation within the policy process in order to compel them to sacrifice their organizational muscle , and to undertake the state 's dirty work by disciplining dissidents within their organizations . |
| 16 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 17 | At the East 15 Drama School I have taken audition technique sessions , which was all fine and large but I encouraged them to write their own material as well as having stock pieces to do . |
| 18 | The reason why these had survived so long was because they required the most money spent on them — in the case of valley bottoms , to pay for initial drainage and then to maintain it — to make them yield their full potential of arable and pasture . |
| 19 | Everyone has their own idea but history shows that certain elements are essential to the long term success of an indie . |
| 20 | Everyone has their own idea on how to stop the rot . |
| 21 | And , while everyone has their own idea about what a comfortable bed is , she does her best to make sure mattresses are maintained and are regularly replaced — usually every couple of years . |
| 22 | Everyone has their own threshold for harassment . |
| 23 | Everyone has their own ideas about how it should be done , but if everyone agrees to lift it together , it suddenly becomes a very easy task . |
| 24 | Instructions are given for several neckbands , but everyone has their own pet neckband . |
| 25 | Everyone has their own room with a little fridge and a kettle , but you do have to share kitchen and bathroom . ’ |
| 26 | Everyone needs their own story . |
| 27 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 28 | Politicians are wary of doing this , of course , because it forces them to accept their proper share of responsibility for the present state of anomie . |
| 29 | Two aspects need consideration : the tendency of workers to lessen their weekly amount of work at times when higher money wages or lower food prices allowed them to meet their customary expectation of comfort from fewer hours of labour , and secondly , the ability of home-based out-workers to control their own pace of work , compensating , if they so chose , for a slack early week with a bout of late-week intensity . |
| 30 | Separate households might briefly establish a privileged position within the commune and rent land from the nobility on their own behalf , but it remained extremely difficult for them to consolidate their scattered strips of land or to introduce new methods and seeds . |