Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [to-vb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But again , she 's making good eye contact , both of them only let their eyes flick down to their notes to remind themselves of the next point they want to make . |
| 2 | Our school was evacuated to Hadlow Down in Sussex , just about where the German bombers used to off-load their bombs to save themselves the trouble of having to go all the way to London . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've seen them — women like that monstrous Gabriela — push their husbands to ingratiate themselves with the Leader 's henchmen here , I 've seen the feasts they 've laid — like traps — very effective traps — those men , they 're nothing but walking bellies with fists-they grab , hit , grab , swallow , hit , the scum , I would n't lower myself to share a table with them . |
| 4 | And King Bucar and the other Kings were so greatly dismayed that they never checked the reins till they had ridden into the sea ; and the company of the Cid rode after them , smiting and slaying and giving them no respite ; and they smote down so many that it was marvellous , for the Moors did not turn their heads to defend themselves . |
| 5 | Deaf and dumb children who could manage by self-teaching alone through their eyes to make themselves useful and a source of income to their parents did not often find their way into the asylums . |
| 6 | Truly sir , to wear out their to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 7 | Truly sir , to wear out their sh their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 8 | truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself some more work ha ha ha ha . |
| 9 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 10 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself some more work ha ha . |
| 11 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 12 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 13 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 14 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 15 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself some more work ha ha ha . |
| 16 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work ha ha . |
| 17 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself some more work . |
| 18 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 19 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 20 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself some more work . |
| 21 | Truly sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work . |
| 22 | Perhaps I have just become too comfortable with the cheering notion that women are far too busy getting on with their careers and their lives to crucify themselves worrying about ragged cuticles or the size of their ankles . |
| 23 | But whenever Angus and his daughter went out in the boat fishing for their lives to keep themselves fed , it seemed that a seal swam in front of the boat and lead them towards the places where the fishes were thickest in the sea in that part of the coast . |
| 24 | Since married men were normally exempt , youths in some areas might for this reason marry as young as fourteen or fifteen and be given a small piece of land by their parents to maintain themselves : the proliferation of very small peasant holdings in Denmark has been attributed to this factor . |
| 25 | The cottage gardeners of old allowed their plants to seed themselves around to produce that chaotic , yet much cherished effect . |
| 26 | The impediment in their speech will remain and their difficulties to make themselves understood by the man in the street will be with them for ever . |
| 27 | They reached the shelter of the brick-built cainca far enough ahead of their pursuers to lock themselves in , and for several minutes the coolies milled around the building , trying without success to smash the stout wooden doors and shutters . |
| 28 | Henna for their hair and erm , the men put oil on their bodies to make themselves look better , you know , more attractive to the female 's and , so I think erm , we 've always strived to improve ourselves our appearances . |
| 29 | Humans use their bodies to express themselves in for instance the way they walk . |
| 30 | If they are cornered by a predator , mountain goats will not hesitate to use their horns to defend themselves . |