Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] their [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next few days , Syrian George taped an assortment of Arab cab-drivers in Tel Aviv broadcasting on taxi frequencies with r bits and pieces of low-level intelligence picked up from observations while driving around town and from eavesdropping on their fares ' back-seat conversations . |
| 2 | And they sped forward with the squeals of the pack to their right as they were sighted , the clods and stones scattering from their horses ' hoofs , into a full , tearing gallop in the twilight . |
| 3 | For the older generation — above all , their mothers — it is one of reminding their daughters of social pressures , while listening to their daughters ' desires . |
| 4 | Children are generally classified according to their fathers ' occupations . |
| 5 | These authorities were made responsible for the ‘ catechetical instruction ’ of children in elementary schools , according to their parents ' denomination . |
| 6 | Their children are still paying for their parents ' ‘ sins ’ . |
| 7 | Their children are still paying for their parents ' ‘ sins ’ . |
| 8 | This latter would be handed a bus pass and a deck chair , and could pass the time wondering to their hearts ' content why the hell they were there . |
| 9 | But ten times as many children of divorce live with their mothers as with their fathers ; more than eighty-five per cent of divorces , granted on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour , are given to wives complaining about their husbands ' conduct , and the number of wives made to pay off their ex-husbands is still tiny . |
| 10 | I used to watch them through his field glasses , and the baboons that processed along the cliff tops , the babies clinging to their mothers ' backs . |
| 11 | In helping in their colleagues ' professional development heads see this difficulty . |
| 12 | Some , who may be kinder , will find a way of weeping in their wives ' arms without explaining the cause . |
| 13 | Hufton notes more surprising instances of widows continuing in their husbands ' occupation as gaolers . |
| 14 | Children travelling on their parents ' passports must have their photograph in the passport . |
| 15 | The tendency of legal doctrine to permit and even require the directors of a company to weigh the interests of groups other than those of the shareholders is closely allied with the claims that a revolution is occurring in the goals which corporate enterprise sets itself and that corporate managers are assuming for their companies ' social responsibilities . |
| 16 | This means that lecturers and tutors will have to find ways of connecting with their students ' outlooks . |
| 17 | The Law Society takes virtually no interest in these matters , or in the too frequent instances of gross negligence or dilatoriness by solicitors in dealing with their clients ' affairs . |
| 18 | She shut her eyes , waiting , hiding from their giants ' toy-shop of beds and cubic rooms . |
| 19 | One idea I had was to get the teddy bears to do the ‘ hokey cokey ’ [ p.67 ] with the children putting in their teddies ' left arms and shaking them about . |
| 20 | Nineteen were sleeping in their parents ' beds . |
| 21 | Although nine children were still sleeping in their parents ' beds , the frequency had decreased greatly in all but one case . |
| 22 | So far all we know is what has appeared in the newspapers , that you have , shall we say , brought into life a baby — a human baby just like any one of the infants sleeping in their mothers ' arms all over the world — in a way that is to say the least unusual . |
| 23 | If these cases are investigated it is nearly always found that the cats in question are not on leads but are simply following in their owners ' footsteps . |
| 24 | The television commentators are quick to say when a referee penalises the attacking team for collapsing in their opponents ' 22 metre area : ‘ Why would the attacking team want to collapse scrummage ? ’ |