Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [prep] their [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I watch the men and women as they crowd along the streets or sit in their cars and vans and buses and trucks , and their freedom seems inestimably precious , exotic and vicariously intoxicating . |
| 2 | How many people do you know who never show on their faces or reveal in their words what they truly feel ? |
| 3 | This does not mean that governments always take action when researchers identify a social problem , or act upon their findings . |
| 4 | From our statistical survey we found ninety-five per cent of parents have no respite or break from their children and that is alot of families . |
| 5 | Commission-paid salesmen sit or stand at their telephones calling punters and reading aloud their sales pitch : a sheet of paper on which is scrawled details of their investment proposition . |
| 6 | Thus , for example , the Court held in a 1970 decision that , since Community regulations are directly applicable in all the Member States , the Member States can not , in order to ensure their application , in the absence of a provision to the contrary , take measures the purpose of which is to alter the scope of or add to their provisions . |
| 7 | Anyone offered cheap tyres or know of their whereabouts are asked to contact the detectives at Dunganon 52525 . |
| 8 | As throughout the tour , Ashenden had observed the opportunist self-seekers at the front of the queue ( as ever ) for the room-keys ; and in the rear ( as ever ) the quieter , seemingly contented souls who perhaps knew that being first or last to their rooms would make little difference to the quality of their living . |
| 9 | ‘ What about the tourists who come up from the village on foot or arrive in their cars to take a look at your goods ? ’ he demanded . |
| 10 | Shasta llamas do not spit , kick , bite , burp or talk with their mouths full . |
| 11 | At no time should you ever share this knowledge with other residents or talk about their affairs , unless it is relevant to improving their care or reviewing it with other members of staff concerned . |
| 12 | You should never talk to them or go in their cars or houses . |
| 13 | They are covered with poisonous hairs or have within their bodies a particularly acrid-tasting substance . |
| 14 | The Great War and those more recent conflicts were put together and ‘ paid-for ’ on behalf of politicians who could not make up their minds or bring the problems to the debating-table ; who preferred the shouting and smearing , the innuendo and hate for their opponents ' parties , to the welfare and the good of their people . |
| 15 | There was desperation and hate in their squeals . |
| 16 | Bill and Doug chew gum and sit with their arms folded . |
| 17 | Now parents are being advised to go back to the classroom and sit alongside their youngsters in video-based spelling lessons . |
| 18 | That William and Mary Prince and Princesse of Orange bee and bee declared , King and Queen of England France and Ireland and the Dominions there unto belonging to hold the Crowne and Roy all Dignity of the said Kingdom 's and Dominions to them the said Prince and Princesss during their lives and the life of the Survivor of them and that the Sole and full exercise of the Regall Power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange in the Names of the said Prince and Princesse during their Joynt lives And after their deceases the said Crowne and Roy all Dignity of the said Kingdoms and Dominions to be to the heires of the body of the said Princesse : And for default of such Issue to the Princesse Anne of Denmarke and the heires of her body . |
| 19 | For example , it is taking steps to discover what local employers and businesses need and want from their employees . |
| 20 | Support was fraying at the edges of the realm promised in 839 : the bishop of Toul , and the archbishops of Besançon and Tarentaise with their suffragans , all acknowledged Lothar in August 840 . |
| 21 | Clear duties were imposed on local authorities to protect children and provide for their needs in certain circumstances . |
| 22 | The sales force would emerge in hypermotivation mode and leap into their cars , all fired up to get out there and damn ! ! |
| 23 | Adults who seek to protect children and act as their advocates need to work with and not just ‘ for ’ children and young people . |
| 24 | The management of the ambulance service is also making every effort to reassure both staff and the public to the essential soundness of the organisation and to take account of and act on their concerns . |
| 25 | ‘ An operation like this should be the responsibility of the council because councillors have to answer to the voters and act in their interests . |
| 26 | God Bless , and listen for their answers . |
| 27 | Indeed , he often felt it expedient to hide from the British the degree to which he was willing to co- operate and listen to their views . |
| 28 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
| 29 | Clinicians could perhaps reduce the transmission of anxiety to disabled or ill children by more positive reassurance and support to their parents , and by helping parents whose children have recovered from complications at birth to realise that they are no longer in any danger and can be treated like other children . |
| 30 | Many prospective fathers are , however , overjoyed at the prospect of parenthood , and do stay around to give love and support to their partners . |