Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On the same day the Soviet Union and Hungary agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency from 1991 onwards , replacing previous barter arrangements . |
2 | And I think that was on the basis that we were insisting that everybody visited the local F E college or you know sort of Yorkshire , Scarborough , Harrogate got got their irregular updatings and S and Selby when whatever . |
3 | During the days , the various sections met to conduct their own meetings , hearing papers from both eminent and unknown men of science . |
4 | That the UFC so clearly mistrusted publication data has been discussed earlier , but they failed to support their preferred method of assessment — peer review — with any objective measures or guidelines . |
5 | Although well able to acclimatise to most aquarium conditions most Rasboras will reward any efforts made to accommodate their particular requirements . |
6 | Both Japan and Germany agreed to increase their financial assistance to help defray the costs of the Gulf war . |
7 | Most recently , second phase schools were sent question and pupil answer sheets as before but asked to provide their own apparatus from a detailed list supplied along with administration instructions by NFER . |
8 | Also concurrent with this was the establishing of a mode , or even tradition , of working for feminist artists , which involved using their own bodies ( although with widely varying intentions and political positions ) — either producing images , or through performance or video . |
9 | The British embassy in Washington , however , predicted serious damage to Anglo-American relations if the British were too critical or tried to go their own way . |
10 | One is wet sieved as above , and both the mud and sand fractions dried and weighed to establish their relative proportions . |
11 | So they tried to revive their warlike spirits , while the women rubbed and slapped their heavy limbs and applied ointments to the survivors ' burns and bruises . |
12 | Further , managers tried to consolidate their new powers by putting the new controls well beyond the reach of any shop-floor worker — on the other side of the factory , where only managers and engineers were permitted . |
13 | But true to form , the new season saw him in familiar mood , darting into dangerous positions and scoring with ease as relegated West Ham tried to regain their aristocratic status . |
14 | Some popes of a militant disposition , such as the great German reformer Pope Leo IX , tried to lead their own armies to war , but this nearly always ended in disaster . |
15 | On the 19 September 1834 , Taylor and Knott proposed to surrender their current lease with a view to renewal for a fresh term of 11 years . |
16 | The next few weeks were busy one for all the Pack and their mothers , who baked and stitched and sewed , and listened to recitations and lines from plays that were to be performed by the Brownies , and answered their questions about this , that and the other , and tried to put their sudden doubts and fears at rest . |
17 | This rule resulted in only a small minority of married women becoming fully insured and helped to reinforce their financial dependence within marriage . |
18 | These precedents did not settle the balance of power between bishops and kings ; but they helped to clarify their different functions ; and function was a thing of the highest importance in the complex hierarchy of medieval society . |
19 | Then as they tried to defend their tiny total , he put down two difficult slip catches . |
20 | Just over half reported visiting their general practitioners at the onset and a further 31% at some time later — actions which they might be expected to remember . |
21 | However , they apparently failed to consult their own solicitors on the matter and simply conformed to the request of the mortgagees as a formality . |
22 | Both the Express and the Mail went into the 1970s with an ageing readership , for they failed to replace their old readers with young new ones in the same numbers . |
23 | But few were buying and 17 pubs failed to reach their reserve price and were withdrawn . |
24 | He 'd heard their shrill voices when he made a routine call and seen Eileen Ryan sitting up in her big bed looking strained and miserable . |
25 | Gabriel woke to see their two heads silhouetted against the bars in the door . |
26 | Since crinoids often occur together in large numbers ( 'gardens ' ) with their arms waving in the currents , it is easy to see how they came to acquire their botanical analogy . |
27 | The bass player was finally flown home from Milan , however The Cure opted to continue their European dates with temporary replacement Shellyan Orphan bass player Roberto Soave . |
28 | They did so and radioed to confirm their original report . |
29 | Events in Orkney seemed to gather their own momentum . |
30 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |