Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [prep] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The content of the text appeals to them or fits into their experience differently . |
| 2 | Section 22(1) of the Theft Act 1968 stipulates : [ a ] person handles stolen goods if ( otherwise than in the course of the stealing ) knowing or believing them to be stolen goods he dishonestly receives the goods , or dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention , removal , disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person , or if he arranges to do so . |
| 3 | All three of the agencies mentioned in the last paragraph have recently been the subject of central limitations to their activities or curbs upon their freedom ! |
| 4 | According to Western reports , during the first months of 1990 the Khmers Rouges increased their infiltration of fighters and supplies from their border camps into Cambodia proper . |
| 5 | Kemp frequently provides details of superficial social acquaintance between scientists and artists and refers to their reading habits . |
| 6 | They managed to save all the sick otters and seals on their part of the island , the cost counting can come later . |
| 7 | This posits that the company or any group of individuals acting together for a common purpose creates a living organism , or a real person , capable of willing and acting through the people who are its organs just as a natural person wills and acts through their brain , mouth and hands . |
| 8 | So , in their own interest , the firms should be very careful that the finger is not pointed at them , that they are not seen to have acted in a way that abuses their power and cuts across their independence and integrity . ’ |
| 9 | The political legitimacy of military regimes is frequently suspect and originates in their exclusiveness and monopoly of force . |
| 10 | Best of all , he tells of the people caught up on the fringes of small wars , and finds in their resilience the small mercies of his title . |
| 11 | I noticed how her teeth were still white , not rotting black like those of the courtiers who constantly stuffed sweets and comfits into their mouth . |
| 12 | The court decided that victims of art thefts should be protected against the usual requirement in civil cases that the owner must make some effort to recover stolen goods within three years ; it ruled that the clock does not start ticking for the statute of limitations until the victim locates the stolen artworks and asks for their return . |
| 13 | It gives a summary of BBCBASIC(Z80) 's commands and functions plus some hints and tips on their use . |
| 14 | We witnessed a magnificent Olympic example in the women 's 400 metres hurdles when American fashion plates Sandra Farmer-Patrick and Janeene Vickers , fingers painted , outfits slashed at the midriff and bobs in their hair like French maids , were run into oblivion by Britain 's plain Sally Gunnell . |
| 15 | This is not just an arbitrary theory of schooling which they have dreamed up , but derives from their perception that they have been ‘ written off ’ . |
| 16 | It includes but extends beyond their contribution to teacher education . |