Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airlines clearly believe that they can hang on to their lucrative business market despite evidence from France that high speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences . |
| 2 | A long and inconclusive stand-off in the Middle East , when oil prices could probably edge down from their recent $28-odd a barrel , would string out the recession but not deepen it greatly . |
| 3 | These tend to pop out of the oblong types of pods and may not line up with their positive contacts properly . |
| 4 | In an editorial on 2 November 1985 , headlined ‘ Unfinished Business ’ , it asked ‘ whether the structures and institutions of British life have been so shaken by six years of Mrs Thatcher that they can no longer fall back into their old ways — or whether more shaking is needed ? ’ |
| 5 | When he takes his foot off the pedal again , the revs will fall back to their preset level again . |
| 6 | Now that the ex-cadets were initiated Scouts , they could speak out of their own accord . |
| 7 | Soozi explains that if you place crystals close to you , your body will tune in to their vigorous vibrational frequency and be energised and healed . |
| 8 | These vary in that some are video-led whereas others are based on a collection of written materials which teachers can work through on their own or in a group . |
| 9 | Rabbits would dash out of their losing darkness , and the village boys would chase them with sticks and yells , careful not to get in front of the two who had the guns . |
| 10 | What finance officers will not know until much later is how these broad intentions will work out for their own authority , given the complex and changing allocations formula in the revenue support grant . |
| 11 | Lead in : Pupils could look back on their own experience of learning to read and write , and discuss why literacy is so important in our society . |
| 12 | Some urban families do still look back to their rural roots ; while they may never have lived in the areas from which their ancestors originally came , they may make regular visits to the furusato and bring up their children to do likewise . |
| 13 | The Mourne boss is determined that his side will make up for their semi-final defeat by Derry last year but refuses to embrace this as an additional spur in his motivating process . |
| 14 | The smaller Gulf states had already decided that , under threat from their ex-champion Iraq , they should sensibly make up with their ex-enemy Iran . |
| 15 | Some women find , for instance , they can renew old friendships which did n't fit in with their former lives ; interests that may have been put aside many years ago to accommodate someone else can be taken out of mothballs . |
| 16 | ‘ These people ca n't just blow in with their grand illusions about what they can do in Northern Ireland , with this ‘ big brother ’ attitude that America can solve everyone 's problems . |
| 17 | They should face up to their fresh legislative responsibilities candidly . |
| 18 | I have been to funerals in Baldersdale where bereaved people have shown supreme faith , being convinced that death is only a temporary thing and that they would meet up with their loved ones again . |
| 19 | The specialists are then much easier to satisfy — providing they are given the right kind of food , they are content to sit and stare out from their cages , much as they would sit and stare out at their wild landscapes . |
| 20 | ‘ They 'll return back to their own world once they 've had their fun . |
| 21 | The obvious danger is that if they are unable to earn a living for themselves , that states of Central Europe will slump back into their earlier condition . |
| 22 | The one I 'd considered earlier , but they refuse single people because they would rattle around on their own . |
| 23 | The offensive has slowed , and there are doubts whether the guerrillas can hold on to their recent gains for long . |
| 24 | So we let them go on in their grubby little greedy ways while we looked at papers and account books and took an inventory of the wine-cellar and just watched how the system operated . ’ |
| 25 | Too large a party , and groups of guests who know each other can split off on their own . |
| 26 | And it looks as if this behaviour is all about encouraging the ducklings to erm , go off on their own , as it were an and to start to run off and look for food . |
| 27 | She did not think boys did go off on their own like that . |
| 28 | Those who promise great things do not always match up to their own or anyone else 's expectations ! |
| 29 | Just as it was our duty , we felt , to shower two or three times a day and keep ourselves wrapped in a permanent cloud of Charlie perfume , so , it seemed , it was the male imperative to cultivate mossy teeth and socks that could stand up on their own . |
| 30 | The brackets must end up with their two oblique edges absolutely square , and each bracket must be identical . |