Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun] [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many will be eaten by other fish in the sea , but eventually the survivors will fight their way back up their own river to spawn and die in the very place where they were hatched . |
| 2 | In autumn when the plants have begun to die down naturally the perennials should have their flowered stems cut off at ground level , if not already done , and annuals should be dug up and put for compost . |
| 3 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 4 | We saw Ede working on the building of a dam which would improve the water supply by 900 per cent and thereby reduce the hunger and disease that lakes a toll of half the children up to five , The other side of his work is to build up grass-roots organisations so the campesinos can protect their rights . |
| 5 | My country is full of distinctions of this kind , and in the congenial climate of Oxford they flourish to form a semantic jungle through which only the natives can make their way . |
| 6 | They painted an enticing portrait of the bliss that lay ahead if only the peasantry would heed their call and rise up against the established order . |
| 7 | That 's the , that 's the key point that and were making , that only you or only the dreamer can interpret their own dreams . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the women would make their more leisurely way to the quays with their ‘ gurries ’ , or hand-barrows . |
| 9 | Now the professionals will have their chance . |
| 10 | If you go into a corner too fast the tyres will lose their adhesion , but in the AX it is safe to take your foot off the throttle and let the car snap itself back into line . |
| 11 | I shall personally see to it that you are put away in a place where not even the crows can land their droppings on you ! |
| 12 | Sometimes the pupils can indulge their curiosity further , on tours , organised by the students , round the laboratories at Imperial College . |
| 13 | put more infrastructure in so that then the farmers can send their children to school rather than work on the land . |
| 14 | Our visitors from Manchester United and Aston Villa were overwhelmed by the warmth of their reception and with the hospitality extended to them , and on behalf of all soccer followers everywhere the Committee would thank their Directors , team managers , officials and players for making this occasion one to remember . |
| 15 | If you push the lever down and leave it there the flaps will reach their maximum angle and the selector will automatically jump back into neutral so that the hydraulic circuit can idle . |
| 16 | But the dining-room was too spacious : there the sepoys could use their numbers for a devastating bayonet charge . |
| 17 | The debris included empty wine bottles , food wrappers , part of a loaf of bread so hard the sparrows would bend their beaks , and a half-empty tin of baked beans with enough penicillin growing in it to supply most of Soho for a year . |
| 18 | ‘ The orchestra is hardly heard at the back of the stage , where singers are , so the beat can not be reliably picked up by ear : instead the singers must use their eyes . |
| 19 | Therefore the company could increase their capacity by another 4,444 units if they 80 wished . |