Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had spurned the hypocritical cant beloved of politicians and addressed herself directly to the people , showing how well she knew them , telling them what they whispered in their hearts but dared not speak , calling their bluff ! |
| 2 | They fear for their own livelihoods if it is closed . |
| 3 | They fear in their hearts there will be no survivors . |
| 4 | They shared with the foresters a general responsibility for the safe keeping of vert and venison , the sheriff could seize their lands if they failed in their duty . |
| 5 | Since Everest he has concentrated on small , alpine style trips , climbing Rimo II in 1988 with Nick Kekus , and Makalu II with Victor Saunders in 1989 , although they failed in their main objective of traversing Makalu . |
| 6 | Today rebels attempted to persuade one hundred and forty workers who 'd not yet signed the agreement to battle on , but they failed in their bid to stop them from signing the deal . |
| 7 | They clung to their children , though , sharing them equally , neither partner prepared to let go . |
| 8 | As they clung to their one point lead , they tackled ferociously , but one marginal infringement cost the game . |
| 9 | As they clung to their one point lead , they tackled ferociously , but one marginal infringement cost the game . |
| 10 | The agreement , the first of its kind between a company and an indigenous group , aims to ensure that the Kayapo benefit from any commercial development of other materials which they harvest on their lands . |
| 11 | A central problem in teacher education has been how to get student teachers to apply in the classroom the insights they gain in their education courses , so that their teaching becomes intelligently skillful . |
| 12 | It seems likely they met in their respective offices or possibly at the Salisbury Club which was a new , but important , social and business focus in the town . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most difficult skill for amateur performers to acquire , though , is the art of speaking to microphone at a constant voice level : most tend to start off strongly as they launch into their speeches , but gradually tail off as they reach the end . |
| 14 | They got to their target area without any great difficulty , the false ‘ Germans ’ being apparently accepted at checkpoints . |
| 15 | Remember what a dessert they got to their dinner at Falkirk . ’ |
| 16 | They got to their feet , drank their sherry , smiling a lot , and never went near each other again . |
| 17 | Previously Manupur had been divided into a number of well-defined hereditary and hierarchically ordered groups or castes whose jobs , social status and economic relationships ( i.e. the share they got of their own and each other 's profits ) were pre-determined by tradition . |
| 18 | Wigan may have begun the season with uncertainty in losing four out of their first nine games but , once they got into their stride , there was no stopping them . |
| 19 | One woman was so mean that she turned out all the lights immediately they got into their bedroom . |
| 20 | This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away . |
| 21 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 23 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 24 | ‘ His victims genuinely believed he could obtain goods at cheaper prices than they got from their usual outlets . |
| 25 | To tell these in their own right and expect them to retain the charm they got from their larger setting would be a terrible error , an error to which Tolkien would be more sensitive than any man alive . |
| 26 | Whether they remain in their own homes , move to a new one nearer relatives or close friends , move in with sons or daughters , or into sheltered or residential accommodation — all need to be considered . |
| 27 | Again discontinuity of experience marks the lives of these children , despite the fact that they remain in their own homes all along . |
| 28 | Certainly , there is substantial observable and anecdotal evidence that , in the cases of many of our leading frontpersons , qualities other than modesty and friendliness rank highest among the energies they bring to their profession . |
| 29 | So often they bring to their training elements drawn from their own experience of school . |
| 30 | If our work with pupils is based on valuing what they bring to their lessons , and using this as a basis for development , then the element of chance can be minimised . |