Example sentences of "[prep] their [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's why they stood up against Hitler , after their minuscule fires they could n't have cared less about the bombs . ’ |
| 2 | After their initial meeting they reconvened in March 1838 and lobbied parliament heavily . |
| 3 | And when I ask about their installed base they change the subject . ’ |
| 4 | And if Matey complains about their rapid disappearance you may tell her that I have developed a passion for them ! ’ |
| 5 | During their fertile years they are either pregnant or breastfeeding . |
| 6 | So when [ named defendant ] , 41 , made sexual overtures for the first time during their five-year friendship she went to a neighbour and cried rape . |
| 7 | During their bizarre courtship she was his willing puppy who came to heel when he whistled . |
| 8 | Through their own efforts they have created a happier , healthier environment for their children . |
| 9 | Beyond these specific issues , there was an acute sense within the Essex Federation of the general threat posed by professionalism to the WEA 's essential character : and several leading voluntary members came to feel that through their own initiative they could advance the movement more effectively than any tutor-organiser . |
| 10 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
| 11 | Through their pyrotechnic effect he looked unreal . |
| 12 | Through their open doors she caught flashes of patterned lino floor , a corner of tablecloth , a chair leg . |
| 13 | For their trireme warships they used the steering technique of an external oar and this copied in today 's dragon boats . |
| 14 | On the one hand for environmental reasons , for their environmental reasons I should say , and on the other hand so as not to come as a nuisance to residents of existing communities . |
| 15 | With some encouragement from other quarters plus careful selection of the subject for their first course it should be possible to get a number of these persons to participate . |
| 16 | In return for their hard work they get a chance to fulfil a lifetime ambition . |
| 17 | So spare a thought for their original research they speak with feeling of badly-signed junctions and of chaos over the A1 and its renaming round Tyneside . |
| 18 | If multi-national companies exist and dividing frontiers against workers for their own games we should organize , cooperate and perhaps even amalgamate to resist the combat , to co to combat common problems and disputes second or third class nation will not service British workers but will undermine the nations . |
| 19 | Monmouth Unionists backed another fund , but for their own candidate they chose the nephew of their president , Lord Tredegar . |
| 20 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
| 21 | Whether it 's you or one of your kith and kin who 's been too clever for their own good you can bet your bottom dollar it 'll end in tears . |
| 22 | If they do not then deny them as possible bases for their own action they defeat the very point and purpose of the arbitration . |
| 23 | For their own safety they should stand back to back so that they have a completely free field of fire over 180 degrees each . |
| 24 | I thought the Danakil an attractive-looking people , and despite their murderous reputation they appeared to manifest a genuine friendliness . |
| 25 | It would mean returning to Wellington with a broken heart , and despite their short acquaintance she already knew it would be a long time before she would be able to evict him from her thoughts . |
| 26 | By custom they sat in private and not in court , and they were referred to as a domestic tribunal whatever part of their visitorial functions they were performing . |
| 27 | At one of their great festivals they have the ritual of driving out the devils from their bodies . |
| 28 | It may be appropriate for the person who maintains the cash books to do this , but because of their technical nature it may be necessary for the accountant to do this instead . |
| 29 | In one way their love had got stronger yet absurdly it was n't quite right and the outcome of their renewed affair she could n't foresee . |
| 30 | Lady Grange 's husband had been a Jacobite and during one of their marital battles she hinted that she would expose his seditious leanings — for which he could be hanged . |