Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] their " in BNC.

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1 The rest of the legend states that Felix and Regula picked up their heads , waded through the water , and walked up to the hill where the Grossmunster now stands , before expiring .
2 Pylons battle : both sides prepare their action plans Objectors and would-be developers battling over plans for pylons across North Yorkshire and Cleveland draw up their plans of action next week .
3 ( 27 November 1777 ) Among his complaints were that Mozart and his mother had stayed too long in Munich and Augsburg using up their money on lodging expenses without having any means of earning money , that Mozart was not keeping him fully apprised of exactly where his plans lay , how he was proposing to get from one place to another and by which route and when , that he was not keeping up with his composition , nor arranging to have existing works copied so that he could present them to an influential Prince or noble , and that he had not taken the right sorts of composition with him — too many symphonies and not enough church music .
4 His early attempts at evening wear were often disastrous , inspiring groans at the Oscars when Michelle and Julia showed off their sludgy simplicity to an overdressed audience hungry for sparkles and sequins .
5 Had Angell and Pownall carried out their instructions and only checked the compliance of the designs with the conditions , much of the criticism of the judges disappears .
6 Hobson and McCarley followed up their paper on the dated scientific underpinning for Freudian theory in general with an analysis of current knowledge of the neurophysiology of sleep , as applied to dreaming .
7 Johnson and Boswell made up their quarrel when they rose , with Johnson saying he would not have turned back , as he had threatened , and headed for Edinburgh .
8 The jury has heard after Magee and O'Brien drove off their Sierra was chased by Pc Whitehouse and WPc Larkin in another police car .
9 ‘ We 'll be movin' in fast an ’ hard once Brett an' Pete take out their Control .
10 The three-year legal battle ended in 1983 when Charles and David bought out their brothers ' stake for well over half a billion pounds .
11 Direct observation seems to be a method that is under-used — surprisingly , since it provides accurate information , especially in a small library or for studying one compact section of a library such as the periodicals collection ( for which purpose , Wenger and Childress carried out their research library study ) .
12 When Barry and Morna sent off their first £10 ActionAid sent back a personal file on Baindu , and her community , plus a photograph .
13 It may be also be easier in these new circumstances for Greece and Turkey to wind down their long confrontation with each other .
14 Even Sal and Kitty turned up their noses when he offered them such delicacies as black bananas and bruised apples .
15 Although many white South Africans carry guns for security , the only protection Elizabeth and Julie carried on their five-day trip was a can of CS Gas .
16 Every evening I watched Eliza and Georgiana putting on their new dresses and going out to parties .
17 Ultimately Childebert and Guntram patched up their quarrel , and Chilperic moved on to the defensive , only to be murdered at Chelles in 584 .
18 Eliot and Empson take off their poet 's hat , and wear a critic 's hat — that at least is the decorous illusion which , by their style and procedures , they try to maintain ; Pound and Dryden on the contrary wear the poet 's hat all the time , even when they criticize .
19 In her child 's understanding it seemed that it was her own liberation that was the cause of the celebration , and the arrival of the princess , the flags which appeared on all the buildings and the succession of functions for which her mother and Denzil put on their beautiful evening clothes and left her with the maid .
20 Angus and Sawney flung down their weapons .
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