Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The neighbours came to their kitchen windows better to see the antics of this strange lady , and I managed to yell , ‘ Get Trudie , quick ! ’ |
| 2 | Regulations also remove the need for people who are not ordinarily resident in the UK to make separate declarations to their building society both to receive their interest without deduction of tax and to exclude the interest from returns made to the Inland Revenue . |
| 3 | The oil companies agreed to reduce their hydrocarbon emissions sufficiently to allow the car plant to be built . |
| 4 | NACAB increasingly deals with clients who have run up large bills on their credit cards only to find that the repayments crippling . |
| 5 | NACAB increasingly deals with clients who have run up large bills on their credit cards only to find that the repayments crippling . |
| 6 | There are many more companies that depend on their Unix licences just to build their products . |
| 7 | Where risk has increased there is an increasing need for capital to provide a buffer against loss … the removal of the old protective barriers led to a rush by the smaller players to merge with new , bigger partners both to benefit from economies of scale and scope and to augment their capital base sufficiently to meet the requirements of the new , more demanding market context … |
| 8 | STAFF at a vandal-hit racecourse gave up their bank holiday yesterday to clear up the damage in time for the next meeting . |
| 9 | It is the managers ' job to help staff plan their holiday entitlement appropriately to ensure that the workload is . |
| 10 | ‘ The hills of Sintra mean that even in the height of summer the town has a freshness , which is why the rich people used to build their country houses here to escape the heat of Lisbon , ’ Ashley said , resolutely switching her thoughts away from her host and to a guide book which she had been reading . |
| 11 | This tended to crowd out investment in the rest of the world , as other countries raised their interest rates too to prevent an excessive outflow of money to the USA and the resulting depreciation of their currency against the US dollar . |