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Example sentences of "[be] [verb] their [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.

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1	PWL are keeping their plans a closely guarded secret .
2	The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret .
3	And here we have the calling under er an administration you know who they are and they 're hanging their heads every time you speak , you speak to them .
4	Others , who caught the February increase in mortgage rates , will be giving their borrowers an unpleasant start to the new year .
5	Parents bored with the endless repetition of nursery rhymes should pause to consider that this monotonous activity may be giving their children a head start in their education .
6	Top chefs will be demonstrating their skills every day in the BBC Good Food Theatre sponsored by British Gas and British Meat .
7	The roadworks are making their lives a misery .
8	Parish Council chairman Peter Foster yesterday said so many people were booking their plots the village was running out of burial space .
9	If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day .
10	‘ It was essentially decided to do this because major institutions in the City were offering their employees an opportunity .
11	They claim PC Bob Packer is making their lives a misery by booking them , even outside their own homes .
12	A group of families living beside one of the region 's busiest commuter routes are facing a five-mile detour to get home , because they 've been marooned by roadworks.They say it 's making their lives a misery , and want engineers to make them a special short cut to improve things .