Example sentences of "their [noun] [verb] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gimmick highlighting the plight of people losing their homes backfired when more than 100 complaints flooded into the charity and the Advertising Standards Authority . |
| 2 | Male lesser waxmoths and bush katydids call to their mates using ultrasound , but avoid being overheard by ceasing their courtship sounds as soon as they sense the approach of a bat . |
| 3 | Well before I got married I had this I had this fucking dream that we could n't get our hairs done , all the girls could n't their hairs done because nowhere was open . |
| 4 | A quarrel ensues in which the television characters argue that they are more deserving of prayer than novelistic characters because the latter have a far longer life ; the characters from novels insist that only they need their existences reinforced because only they are in danger of losing their audience . |
| 5 | John Smith was now committed to clobbering the poor by reversing their tax cut as soon as Labour got in . |
| 6 | Thatcher trainees have been able to teach their hosts a thing or two about how their machines behave as well . |
| 7 | ‘ In this way boys and girls would get ample opportunity of guidance as to their choice of careers , and those who were going to be apprenticed or learn skilled trades might have all their arrangements made while still at school . ’ |
| 8 | Half expected their profits to rise while only 14 per cent predicted they would fall . |
| 9 | The question had to be asked : could the purchase of new trains produce savings sufficient to cover the cost of servicing their capital costs as well as reducing the burden on the PSO ? |
| 10 | The spread of the earlier Eucharistic Congresses must be attributed above all to the fervour of those involved in different Eucharist-centred activities ( ‘ Eucharistic Works ’ ) , which in their turn benefited as well . |
| 11 | They also indicated that they would surrender their arms to ECOMOG as soon as the NPFL had done so . |
| 12 | This slightly understates the true cost of credit union lending for their members , as credit unions can work only if their members save as well as borrow , and the interest paid to members on savings with the unions ( though at the moment tax-free ) may be rather below the interest they could get from other institutions . |
| 13 | Sociologists wanted to have their results accepted as scientifically accurate , have worked in the same way , but not always successfully , when dealing with people , is not always to easy to think of all the things which may affect the result . |
| 14 | They 're training their children to rob as soon as the little bastards can walk . |
| 15 | Old people who are not in frequent contact with younger people may lose confidence in their ability to give as well as to receive : Younger people , anxious to please , to give and , often , ‘ not to worry mother ’ may not realise the part which they play in creating a one-way traffic . |
| 16 | Many pregnant teenagers delay making their pregnancy known until too many months have passed to do anything but have the baby . |
| 17 | I hope I can encourage the uninitiated to go out and treat themselves to several for their Christmas stocking as well as see the value of videos as a valid support technique during the long winter evenings ahead . |