Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actor Paul Blake and his wife Kate , who are friends of ours , have two young daughters and Abi and I found we really enjoyed their company . |
| 2 | The charts entitled ‘ One-way channels ’ and ‘ Two-way channels show where people say they currently get their information ; the ‘ Supervisors and Grapevines ’ chart compares your department results regarding these two channels with results from a few other departments . |
| 3 | Right , they 're accusing him to be claiming to be God and they actually say they actually say their decision is that he 's guilty and should be put to death , they 've condemned him to death . |
| 4 | Our invaluable handbook , which otherwise retails at around £100 is included in membership — and members invariably find that knowledge gained via membership , be it from the Handbook , a seminar or fellow members , allows them annually to recover their membership subscription . |
| 5 | If necessary , he or she will advise on the detailed layout of the cash books , and suggest that he or she reviews them occasionally to ensure their adequacy . |
| 6 | The pensioners claim the society did n't give them adequate warnings of the risks involved when it advised them how to invest their money . |
| 7 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 8 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
| 9 | As Citrine had earlier told his colleagues , a tactical retreat of accepting the Minister 's suggestion and then showing it to be ineffective would enable them better to assert their independence in future . |
| 10 | Look after the twins and try to make sure they negotiate the reefs of puberty and adolescence , set them up to make their way in the world , and do so without becoming just like me … |
| 11 | They will often invite you in to see their stock , and if you make a purchase you may be rewarded with a glass of madeira wine . |
| 12 | ‘ Lots of people say it must be easy for my family to carry on in music and that I must have taught them everything — but I feel they just inherited their love of music as it 's in our blood . ’ |
| 13 | Workers rationally support capitalism as long as they believe it best advances their material interests , and they are always likely to do so , given the costs of the transition to socialism . |
| 14 | I mean they only had their door there and letting in draughts and them running in and out you see we put that there look . |
| 15 | ‘ A friend who saw them there said their behaviour was blatant . ’ |
| 16 | They have not done this for one simple reason : the unions know the truth about the SDLP and they would quickly tell them where to put their advice . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , the House of Bruce , for a brief while , tasted royalty and many claim it only whetted their appetite . |
| 18 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 19 | Er I think they genuinely believe their case , it 's not a case that I believe , but I I 've always genuinely respected them for the case they take . |
| 20 | If the teacher imposes all the discipline , then will the pupils learn to access their own will , or do they simply bide their time until they leave school ? |
| 21 | In Lonrho plc v. Fayed the facts which the court was required to assume to be true were that the defendants had made fraudulent misrepresentations about themselves to the Secretary of State in order to influence him not to refer their bid for H.F. Co. to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 22 | So it would be highly arrogant of me to start telling them how to do their work . |
| 23 | But despite the place given to women , most of the programmes are organised around a male presenter who ‘ manages ’ the women and brings them in to contribute their bit of knowledge . |