Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all those who had silently wished with all their might that they might dare challenge the hegemony of dowdiness took to ‘ Next ’ like ducks to water . |
| 2 | This fresh eyesore bears the ( in Scotland ) heraldically incorrect EIIR cipher , which caused so much aggravation when it first made its appearance in this country in the 1950s , and which , to the credit of the postal authorities , has since been omitted from all their vehicle livery , stationery , and other graphics . |
| 3 | In the short texts which make up L'Usage de la parole ( 1980 ) , the traumatic reactions to particular words and phrases are once again dramatized in all their intensity . |
| 4 | ‘ Could we ? ’ both Leith and Sebastian asked together , the idea of renting accommodation swiftly tossed aside , as it quickly sank in that their father , trustee to the considerable amount of money left to them by his father , seemed prepared to use his discretionary right and let them have it now . |
| 5 | Golfers often state that they can not concentrate on all their swing ideas at the same time . |
| 6 | On the way upstairs , the porter remembered how he had struggled with all their luggage and had received no tip . |
| 7 | They 'll be saying , Do you remember a a big fat woman living in that their house , with a white apron running after us . |
| 8 | Early houses which remain completely untouched are few and far between , but a general rule emerged during my research for the book : the less important the house and the more remote its situation , the more old-fashioned it remained , like Hareston in Devon , which had no fashion-conscious owners wanting to show-off their taste and wealth to passers-by . |
| 9 | The new proposals are that individuals should be taxed on all their income on a common current year basis and taxpayers who are sent returns could choose whether to assess themselves . |
| 10 | I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric ’ output — all gung-ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple ’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony ’ is an extremely dull affair . |
| 11 | Add to this their desire to protect private property and to end the moral decline which has crippled the country and a potent brew is produced . |
| 12 | The crowd jingled with all their wealth . |
| 13 | Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK . |
| 14 | Most business people receive so much correspondence that it is difficult for them to deal with all their correspondence immediately on receipt . |
| 15 | ‘ When we asked young people why they were joining paramilitary groups they said ‘ just look at what the Provos are getting with all their violence . ’ |
| 16 | The ARFU indicated in 1990 their intention to play South Africa when announcing details of the proposed 1992 and 1993 incoming Springbok tours and plans for the Wallabies ' deviation to South Africa en route to the tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 17 | I think it 's wonderful , the strives are to be made in medicine and they should make in all their research into making the people who who are here able to enjoy a good life and fulfilled life |
| 18 | It takes its cue from other kinds of liberation , and rests the call for Animal Liberation on the recognition of the rights of nonhuman animals , including in particular their right not to be treated as mere means to human ends . |
| 19 | and talk about all their holiday options and how to tailor a holiday for them . |
| 20 | The last push of the alpine mountains over their own Miocene molasse-detritus is now known in all their constituent ranges . |
| 21 | There was no indication whether individuals within the subgroups had travelled to either their country of origin , if appropriate , or — if born in one geographical location — had travelled to other areas where the incidence of environmental toxoplasma exposed them to increased risk of this infection . |
| 22 | Early in 1930 Ras Gugsa Wale , the former husband of the Empress marched south with his army , calling on the country to rise and overthrow the man who sought to corrupt their religion and , with his modern innovations , destroy their ancient heritage . |
| 23 | Also , what you generally find is that if somebody is reading as opposed to refreshing their memory from looking at a piece of paper and then letting it flow , if they 're reading from it it 's dull , it lacks sparkle . |
| 24 | THE schools team needed to call on all their experience to fight off a spirited challenge the youth side at Templeville Road where they won 32–7 . |
| 25 | That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status . |
| 26 | There , putting in all their time |
| 27 | ’ The great organisations of the masses … in the past were not worked out by any theoretical elite or vanguard … the new organisations will come as Lilburnes Leveller Party came , as the sections and popular societies of Paris in 1793 , as the Commune in 1871 and the Soviets in 1905 , with not a single soul having any concrete ideas about them until they appeared in all their power and glory ’ . |
| 28 | A report published by researchers at Cornell University , in New York state , claims that farmers could reduce by half their use of pesticides without any diminution in their crop yields . |
| 29 | Behind them their live comrades were shoving to force the pile of bodies through into the drawing-room to free the doorway ; meanwhile the Collector and the Sikhs were shoving with all their might to hold the bodies in place , although their efforts were hindered by the protruding bayonets . |
| 30 | She wanted to remember the colours — even on a morning when the old walls and stones were damp , with dark , rich colours after rain , and everything looked very clear in the waterlogged air , the trees etched in all their variety . |