Example sentences of "[pers pn] that their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Knitters often tell me that their biggest problem is time . |
| 2 | Then , as he drank the rest of his coffee , he said , ‘ Mr Woodall tells me that their veterinary nurse is going to leave . ’ |
| 3 | On beaches , vulnerable plover chicks , not yet able to fly , crouch low and motionless , the colour of their down so close to that of the pebbles around them that their major hazard comes , not from being seen and eaten , but from not being seen and trodden on . |
| 4 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 5 | When the couple , who were in their forties , unexpecte unexpectedly had a second son , the conscription officers informed them that their older son would have to serve in the army since the law exempted only one son per family . |
| 6 | However , it agreed to a demand that Gdlyan and Ivanov be dismissed from working in the Procuracy , and in a resolution it warned them that their parliamentary immunity from prosecution could yet be withdrawn if they persisted in making " groundless " statements attacking the country 's leaders . |
| 7 | It also reminds them that their natural parents must be growing old too , and that the time for finding them is limited . |
| 8 | It did not reassure his European allies as much as it did him that their continued existence , as sitting targets in any exchange of fire , depended on his skills as a bluffer . |
| 9 | This was bad news for the poet , who until his late twenties had never ‘ touched the lips of woman ’ , but he did his best to play it her way , listening dutifully when she told him that their spiritual relationship would be damaged ‘ if I came to you in sin . |
| 10 | MY compliments to the recent local government election candidates , successful or otherwise , and will they now see to it that their earnest phizzogs are removed forthwith from all neighbourhood telegraph poles , lamp standards and walls . |
| 11 | also told us that their new slogan is ‘ One call does it all ’ . |