Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] with their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strange , too , Anne thought , that everyone got on with their normal lives , in spite of the constant raids and disturbed nights , and had become used to seeing servicemen in so many different uniforms thronging the streets and the cinemas , and in the public houses she was sure , although she had never been in one . |
| 2 | Miss Sergeant , 26 , obtained an injunction to keep Redmond away from her and she moved out with their three children to stay with relatives , said Robert Atherton , prosecuting . |
| 3 | No wonder Inspector Blakelock was often so quiet ; that when the police officers came in with their hearty banter he answered only with that slow , gentle smile . |
| 4 | When they both protested , seemingly in vain , at having lines cut , they came up with their own solutions they would accept the cuts , but make do with them badly . |
| 5 | Billy looked annoyed and was about to say something when Knocker came back with their two pints of cider , looking more like tea cups in his massive fists . |
| 6 | The pace the pattern was set seconds later , as Oxford roared back with their first attack . |
| 7 | None of the people on stage knew what was happening , the girls continued to sing their plaintive song and the other men danced on with their own pieces of chiffon , hoping that Ken would go away and disappear for ever . |
| 8 | Then they turned up with their little son , Daniel , to introduce him to me . |
| 9 | Glasgow , Liverpool , Newcastle and Leeds pressed on with their extensive highway systems , but other cities abandoned them and by the mid-1970s an urban road policy in the context of an explicit town planning framework was stood on its head . |
| 10 | ‘ There was little possibility of the school being able to provide such an area until British Gas stepped in with their generous offer . |
| 11 | The rather tacky set , the lucklustre performances , the script from David Straun and Heather Williams that lurches from trite audience participation to over-the-head jokes ( would any primary-school child get the one about water privatisation ? ) , all did n't seem to matter as the company of four scampered around with their well-intentioned tale of how the white man destroyed the American Indians . |
| 12 | The previous Labour Government started off with their normal irresponsible pledges which produced enormous inflation and catastrophic cuts to all public service capital programmes . |
| 13 | What a lovely sight the ships make , decked out with their own coloured light bulbs , the tugs and cargo boats as well as the eight or nine cruise liners . |
| 14 | The mice and rats have simple , slender spines mixed in with their ordinary fur . |
| 15 | She put up with their pushful ways , |
| 16 | They simply rebuilt the fallen walls , and carried on with their normal efficient and highly organized lives ; they did not associate the earthquake with Vesuvius , and there was no particular reason why they should . |
| 17 | They were interested in my project because it fitted in with their general aims ; it was in the Green Belt ; and they were short of summer projects . |
| 18 | In a parallel development , the old fruit and vegetable market was rapidly becoming the Right-On commercial centre where trendy shopkeepers cashed in with their hand-knitted sweaters , ethnic crafts and designer clothing . |
| 19 | Next thing we knew , they 'd pushed past us , blagged a cup of tea ( three sugars ) and sat down with their dirty hobnail trainers on the shag-pile . |