Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] their [noun] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , on the way home , something happened which raised their spirits almost to the point of singing . |
| 2 | Their places were taken by ‘ new men ’ who owed their rise entirely to Nkrumah , Tawia Adamafio , formerly Busia 's lieutenant , and Coffie Crabbe among them . |
| 3 | They made their way across to the heavy door and it swung open at their touch . |
| 4 | Much better than sitting in pubs with young girls or even drinking with one 's colleagues , the hastily snatched pint of bitter before they caught their trains home to their wives . |
| 5 | Yet these non-Conservative elements — the Liberal Nationals and National Labour — were becoming more and more adjuncts to the Conservative party , and they owed their seats entirely to the willingness of the Conservatives not to oppose them in the constituencies . |
| 6 | And when the hospital serial finished they carried their coffee across to the set and watched the courtroom serial . |