Example sentences of "their [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Librarians point out that for their part they receive fewer volumes for their money , since the prices of books over the same period have risen distinctly faster than retail prices as a whole . |
| 2 | It originated in the defective condition of the electrical wiring on the defendants ' premises , but as there was no negligence on their part they were held not liable . |
| 3 | The South Africans have threatened to kill the guerrillas who do not surrender , while insisting that for their part they have scrupulously observed the agreements . |
| 4 | It was to this area that the Hasteds had come at the very beginning of the 19th century ; previously their home had been in the City , in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Olave , Hart Street , but like many of their contemporaries they made the pilgrimage east . |
| 5 | If all children had Superglue put on their fingers they 'd soon stop doing it . ’ |
| 6 | And then , if somebody else clicks their fingers they be tha they become their enemy and the enemy if they click their fingers he becomes their enemy . |
| 7 | But as they gently mock the truth of their attachment they relapse into prose , which in their mouths lacks many of the anti-romantic , realistic , mocking connotations it has elsewhere in Shakespeare . |
| 8 | In their progress they took up the whole width of the footpath . |
| 9 | To advertise their unpalatability they don bright red and orange colours , which are recognised as warning signals by many predators . |
| 10 | It was an impossible arrangement in the circumstances and through their solicitors they agreed that the horse should be put up for public auction , each partner having the right to buy it outright . |
| 11 | Economists are nothing if not ingenious , however , and in their ingenuity they have done much to deflect attention away from searching investigation into the nature and operation of organised labour within individual firms and industries . |
| 12 | But when he and his family got back to their cabin they seemed upset because we had gone to so much trouble . ’ |
| 13 | If people were n't sure of getting the victim for their money they would n't be so willing to pay up . |
| 14 | These women gave all their money they ha , they made , till the day they were married , they handed it over to their mothers . |
| 15 | Just be a bit er bit , bit er wary of them in the sense that you do n't know who 's managing the fund , er because it 's their money , it 's not your money , they do n't actually invest the money from you , it 's their money they 're investing . |
| 16 | Oh , they did n't mind they were getting their money they , they were getting paid for when they were going home . |
| 17 | The district which was due to take over the funding is now claiming that some of the people who are now living in the special units attached to old people 's homes are not their responsibility They did not originally come from their districts and so they are refusing to pay some of the finance over . |
| 18 | The managers may also be successful in obtaining from the investors a clause in the agreement or a side letter , confirming that as a result of their investigations they are not aware of a breach of the warranties at completion . |
| 19 | They feel that as it 's their heritage they should have a say in the matter and a proper consideration and therefore there are thousands of signatures saying please can we have a public inquiry . |
| 20 | To the crofters who scraped a meagre living at their base they were acres of near-vertical land that could n't support a turnip . |
| 21 | If , furthermore , these flaps had muscles at their base they could be tilted to face squarely to the sun 's rays . |
| 22 | Well it , and I do n't think with the News of the World round their necks they can afford to start playing silly people . |
| 23 | Although they have been reluctant to disclose their plans they would like to tax people 's property and tax their income . |
| 24 | I will tell the Minister what his Government have done ; by their policies they have turned the west midlands from a productive landscape into an industrial desert . |
| 25 | Far from improving the working of the economy , with their policies they have stopped the economy from working for many families and firms throughout the land . |
| 26 | But once the Petrovs had given up all their secrets they became difficult to please , claiming that their true value was not being appreciated . |
| 27 | I begin to think , though , that Robert Sheldrake was right when he said that the farm work — and in their case they 'll probably get plenty — would be their bread and butter , and the small animals their jam . |
| 28 | Three or four of them , aha , with their ponies they would leave in the night and go over the hill . |
| 29 | And obviously , we 're , we 're concerned that people erm will rent our properties who will then be reliant entirely on housing benefit er and and and if they increase their income they may be worse off ! |
| 30 | To their opponents they were oficialillos deluded by rapid war promotion into posing as cheap , imitation Bonapartes : to themselves they were ‘ drunk with glory ’ . |