Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [prep] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The Siege of Troy is available in the same series and is my own favourite of the three , with Helen , Menelaus , Hector and Achilles , and Memnon with the ‘ dark cloud ’ of his warriors from countries so hot that men 's skins are burnt black and nothing is white about them except their teeth . |
| 2 | In the book Tracy does n't tell us anything about them except their names merely that she could n't work with them . |
| 3 | No material is given about their activities as Mufti , and no anecdotes are related about them in their capacity as Mufti , though something is related about each in his capacity as kadi . |
| 4 | The ruins of so many Indian palaces — Mandu , for example , or the great Hindu capital of Hampi — still retain an aura of great dignity about them in their wreckage , but in the Red Fort that aura is notable by its absence . |
| 5 | You learn about them from their words and actions , and there is no elaborate description . |
| 6 | Mrs Wadland 's husband disappeared during the lambing season , the busiest time of year for them at their farm in Woodford Halse , Northamptonshire . |
| 7 | Thus , if S subscribes for 200 of these shares and pays the company for them at their face ( par ) value , S 's future personal liability for any debts incurred by the company is nil . |
| 8 | When they did enough to earn wages , they were allowed to keep or spend half , the other half being saved for them on their release . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal of Bermuda allowed the defendants ' appeal and gave judgment for them on their counterclaim . |
| 10 | ‘ We fast for them on their feast days ’ , Augustine had said of the few remaining pagans , ‘ so that they themselves might become the spectacle ’ . |
| 11 | He said but unfortunately because he 's boisterous , which he is and because it 's easier for them with their numbers to let him just get away with it or say oh Martin go outside we ca n't , you know , then then he was n't learning |
| 12 | The two of them were drooping by then , in reaction from their long and laborious walk home , and sleepy from the wine mulled for them with their supper . |
| 13 | I used to do all their printing for them for their photographers . . |
| 14 | Traditionally , Mother and Baby Homes were religious-based , charity-run institutions that took in girls who had " fallen " , and cared for them during their pregnancy and for some time afterwards . |
| 15 | Many of the mothers felt their children had been subjected to physical and emotional abuse by those caring for them during their absence , and were concerned about their lack of academic progress at school . |
| 16 | He is also puzzled by the fact that the Smyrna and Georgetown plants both have a pool of job applicants selected for them by their state governments before they make the final choice . |
| 17 | Beyond that lay the Germans ' barbed wire , and beyond that still the Germans , waiting for them in their trenches . |
| 18 | With no experience of being accepted for who and what they were and are , it is hard for them in their turn to accept the other for what he or she is , or is becoming . |
| 19 | We pray for them in their studies . |
| 20 | Most gliding instructors are aware of these problems and watch out for them in their students . |
| 21 | About 60 per cent of self-poisoners take psychotropic drugs that have been prescribed for them in their overdoses ( Hawton et al. 1977 ) . |
| 22 | So the majority of golfers are best advised simply to judge the wind conditions and allow for them in their choice of club and aim . |
| 23 | When they had gone , Lily cried for them in their helplessness , feeling , for all her weakness , stronger than them , realising that it was easier to contemplate one 's own death than the death of someone loved . |
| 24 | On their births a trust a fund of tens of thousands of pound was started for them in their names by their grandmother . |
| 25 | The College only hopes that the Russian authorities will be shamed into improving conditions for them in their homeland . |
| 26 | Farmers needed to identify likely emergency situations on their farms and ensure that there was somebody able to cover for them in their absence . |
| 27 | There is at least one instance of an aedile of a pagus , although we might suspect that the praefectus pagi of the Gallic Epotes lies outside the normal run of local government officials , though it must be remembered that magistrates could appoint prefects to act for them in their absence . |
| 28 | In many cases companies might find alternative work for their employees , or even create new jobs for them within their capabilities . |
| 29 | This involves selling more government securities and thereby reducing banks ' reserves when their customers pay for them from their bank accounts . |
| 30 | She tied the strings of their aprons and did up their buttons , and she sat between them at their bread and milk breakfast which was at half past seven . |