Example sentences of "in their [noun] they [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particular units who operated for long periods at a time in the jungle became so adept in their surroundings they became known as ‘ Green Ghosts ’ . |
| 2 | as if at some point in their lives they had decided that the only way to survive was to retreat to a still centre in themselves . |
| 3 | : The state can forbid persons to give evidence on subjects specified by it if at any time in their lives they have taken the Official Secrets Oath . |
| 4 | At an early stage in their expansion they came to realize the opportunities presented by overseas markets , and they established an office and works in Vienna in 1857 to serve the countries of central and eastern Europe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In order for individuals to be interested in their community they have to feel they have a say . |
| 7 | Malinowski was a prolific writer and also a uniquely gifted teacher , training , largely by the socratic method , a whole generation of brilliant disciples ; true to their master in their fashion they have created modern social anthropology with cross-fertilization from Radcliffe-Brown . |
| 8 | I mean I mean well in their house they 've got two bedrooms |
| 9 | In their protest they sought to restore some political coals to Newcastle : the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 committed the lay and ecclesiastical nobles of Scotland to support Robert Bruce , who stood against proud Edward 's army , and sent him homeward to think again . |