Example sentences of "[to-vb] their [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Bedwelty had said she would come over to see their horses the following week . |
| 2 | Bolivians prefer to choose their governments the democratic way , but this is not to say that they admire the means at present available for doing it . |
| 3 | In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city . |
| 4 | The whole question was given a fresh airing in the March issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics , and if ethical considerations prove indecisive perhaps legal pressures might exert an untypically beneficial influence in persuading all doctors to give their patients the best professional counsel . |
| 5 | The UK wants the citizens of its colony to be involved in settling their future and to give their legislators the final word on any deal . |
| 6 | Some schools have insufficient specialist accommodation to be able to give their pupils the basic curriculum . |