Example sentences of "and [verb] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a real lady The girls were suddenly self-conscious , smoothing down their tattered skirts and tucking their dirty feet out of sight . |
| 2 | And pitching their dead bodies into the woods . |
| 3 | In the thirteenth century the King of france , abetted by a weak Pope , very brutally suppressed the Order of Templars and appropriated their enormous wealth . |
| 4 | The first and second years of the course give students a thorough grounding in basic musicianship and develop their practical skills . |
| 5 | In some areas fundholders had formed liaison groups and were meeting regularly to share experiences and develop their collective expertise . |
| 6 | Our ‘ post-heroic leader ’ will allow others to take responsibility , develop their own skills , solve their own problems and develop their own goals . |
| 7 | Oxford English primary materials generate high levels of motivation and involvement by inviting children to participate in activities designed to appeal to youngsters and to stimulate their ever-inquisitive minds . |
| 8 | They can write at home , they can write after school , they can read it to each other and I think this is tremendous benefit where they 're open with each other too and can discuss round the table and evaluate their own work . |
| 9 | Because the various occupations in any one employment would monitor and compare their respective rates of pay , and given that the ability to pay of the employer was the same for all of them , they tended to negotiate a common bargain . |
| 10 | As the drink flowed , two of the team 's most ancient mariners , the captain Billy Bremner and his legendary bosun Denis Law told tales of yore and led their gallant crew in a hearty chorus of merry football shanties . |
| 11 | They are organised to allow the users choice over what to see , in the correct time sequence , and to post their own contributions . |
| 12 | St Agnes introduced the Poor Clares into the Convent of St Saviour and became their first abbess in 1235 . |
| 13 | She lifted the flowers and smelled their cool scent . |
| 14 | This book was the result of a suggestion by the BBC that S. P. B. Mais describe seventeen haphazard excursions for the purpose of stimulating in listeners a desire to explore and rediscover their own island . |
| 15 | Once again it points to the power of particular historical languages in constructing individuals and shaping their political demands . |
| 16 | Both terms are allowed to be used on the label by all Champagne manufacturers , although in general only growers who make and sell their own Champagne take advantage of this . |
| 17 | The Indian Patents Act of 1970 prohibits patenting of life forms and , the farmers argue , protects their traditional rights to produce , modify and sell their own seeds . |
| 18 | Working-class hostility was roused by the fear of the police being used to control industrial and political organization , and to curb their recreational activities under the guise of maintaining public order in the streets . |
| 19 | The parties ( or elites ) must be allowed to publish their programmes and make their competing claims to office ; the elector must be able to question them , and voice his or her doubts or support . |
| 20 | Soon , behind a barricade of shields and of steel , the helpless ships were drawn off , and the rest of the crippled fleet began to come in , two by two , and make their proper landings . |
| 21 | Some adults make the choice to live on their own after they have tried various shared living arrangements and discovered that they prefer to be in control of their own life and make their own rules . |
| 22 | Schools participating in the scheme have a set quota of assisted places , and make their own selection of the pupils to be admitted . |
| 23 | But my educated guess is that guitarists want to get an idea of the feel of something , receive an impression of it from another player , then go and try the thing and make their own decision . |
| 24 | The van was impounded and SL2 had to hire a car on their Visa card and make their own way to the rave — which had been cancelled ! |
| 25 | Mr Smith understood there was a need to send money home to most mothers but reasoned if the Girls were capable of earning above average wages , they should be treated like adults and make their own decisions about their finances . |
| 26 | They , too , need to know without delay where they stand so that they can prepare to work in and with the new structures and make their own bids for funds . |
| 27 | ‘ But it should not be used as a pretext to exclude 12- or 13-year-old girls from school when it is precisely these secular schools that should offer them the opportunity to learn , grow and make their own choices . ’ |
| 28 | It is an attractive concept : learners work at their own pace and make their own choices about what and how they will study . |
| 29 | Advocacy schemes have been developed to help people with mental disorder assert their rights and make their own choices . |
| 30 | It is now up to WACC , the churches and NGOs to monitor the discourse critically and make their own contributions . |