Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visitors young and old let their hair down and enjoyed the entertainment , which ranged from clowns and bouncy castles to computer games and a disco . |
| 2 | We 've got to recognise , if there was no following policy , any thief or drunk driver only has to put their toe down and drive away at speed , comfortable that police wo n't follow them and that is far more dangerous in the long run for the public . |
| 3 | They are able to monitor their progress closely and to relate effort and performance to accepted standards . |
| 4 | Students will be asked to monitor their progress throughout and to take part in regular review sessions . |
| 5 | The guys just put their foot down and get through . |
| 6 | They ca n't stand on one leg and then they 're waggling their foot about and missing the ball all together and you think anyone can kick a ball but they ca n't but then they get better at it . |
| 7 | He had a reputation for being tough in the water and was alleged to be a champion of ‘ localism ’ — the attitude of resident surfers who guard their break jealously and resent the intrusion of outsiders . |
| 8 | Police and motoring organisations urged drivers to keep their speed down and take extra care as freezing fog gripped the country . |
| 9 | THE British admire those who speak their mind cleverly and damn the consequences . |
| 10 | Contractors must get their act together and take more responsibility . |
| 11 | Both the introduction of new rules on how societies could raise funds for mortgage loans and the 1987 stock market crash — which prompted small investors to get out of equities and put their money into building society saving accounts — made it possible for the societies to get their act together and fight back . |
| 12 | In other words they must get their act together and sell the R.L.P.O. to their loyal audience . |
| 13 | Why can not this incompetent Government get their act together and put those building workers to build houses for those families ? |
| 14 | By this time MI6 and the government had got their act together and decided to leak a false version of events to the public . |
| 15 | This is not a plea for historical recorders to get their act together and check facts first-hand — I think the forces of establishment and vested interest are too strong for that to work , and anyway it would n't solve all the problems . |
| 16 | WC apps : 9 Winners : 1930 , 1950 If they really have got their act together and manage to cut out the cynical stuff , Uruguay could achieve much more this time . |
| 17 | Leeds fortunately got their act together and started passing the ball around and a couple of minutes later Forrester volleyed in from ten yards after good work on the right by Dave White . |
| 18 | Each person then has to plan their work carefully and co-ordinate use of the equipment with the others . |
| 19 | These short filmmakers are the people who will go on to be the Jarmans , Greenaways , Jarmuschs of the Nineties ; see their work now and tell your friends you discovered them first ! |
| 20 | Well with this stuff , they could n't do that and then they they they their stomach used to get compacted the they they they could n't er could n't er get their cud up and caused a lot of stomach trouble . |
| 21 | Unresponsive export markets led many houses to turn their attention inwards and focus on long-neglected domestic sales . |
| 22 | to , to put reasons why that this does n't mean the it actually means more , and I think to a certain extent there may be justification , some people may have put their name down and meant the whole family |
| 23 | A big van pulls up and they stick their stuff inside and get in , but just before they go , the man with the fog horn thing turns round and says all friendly like , ‘ Happy Christmas ’ . |
| 24 | It used to lead lead to Station and er I 've seen these two when I 've been walking around , I 've seen them take their head up and lift me off the ground . |
| 25 | Their chance to do anything but keep their head down and hope it all goes away , is hopeless . ’ |
| 26 | Less affected people will move their head back and push forwards on the stick . |
| 27 | Whereas many of my Army friends can trace their ancestry back and produce forebears who were generals and colonels , some of them were surprised to learn of my Army background but shocked to learn that Tam somehow managed to join the Gordons as a drummer-boy and , 22 years later , reached the rank of Private soldier . |
| 28 | Decisions are often reached more quickly when a chairperson is doing their role effectively and pulling strands together than when opinions are being tossed haphazardly around a group . |
| 29 | Recriminations are unavoidable , but try to keep their volume down and turn negative complaints into positive suggestions ( 'You never help with the washing-up' can be turned into a helping rota or rewards ) . |
| 30 | They had to be kept out of the water until they had lost their baby down and grown waterproof adult oily feathers . |