Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , this suggestion by Rees does contain one useful pointer : if managers are non-altruistic , controls on them must influence their pay in order to affect performance . |
| 2 | ‘ If I must collect their newspaper , I 'll do it my own way ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , if the Army will permit , ’ the announcer forced a little laugh , ‘ though I must say their demonstrations could have been better timed — ’ General laughter . |
| 4 | As a male chainworker commented to Commissioner on the Factory Acts in 1876 : ‘ I should advocate their [ women 's ] time should be so limited as neither to interfere with their own health and morals or with our wages ’ . |
| 5 | Everyone was really keen that I should enjoy their area and I certainly did . |
| 6 | ‘ I should accept their offer next year if I were you , ’ said Doris . |
| 7 | I 'll check their bridge . |
| 8 | Let's get one thing straight : if anyone else points out a resemblance between Steg and myself , I 'll eat their lettuces ! |
| 9 | And I 'll get their |
| 10 | It 's only natural for a newly-signed group to see their bloated , sap-sucking US record company as exceptional , spiritually different from all the others — but I 'll take their heartfelt claims with a line of salt , thanks . |
| 11 | So from London to King 's Lynn is , they say , a hundred miles and I 'll take their word for it , London to Ipswich in fact is seventy miles . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll have their boots and socks off ready . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll have their blood ! ’ stormed Mahmoud . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll have their blood for this ! ’ |
| 15 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 16 | And , she thought , I 'll kill their babies , I 'll drown them all in the bath . |
| 17 | But with him having on this side , because he 's so blooming awkward he 's been pressing the play switch and of course , so the tapes been turning round , have n't bothered to che , so you know , he was sort of saying well well play that tape and I 'll write their names down of the people as they speak , just the first names , you know so there 's loads of |
| 18 | Yeah , I could make , I could do their hair and do their clothes and their face and I 'd get about a hundred pounds , more than that . |
| 19 | On my hands and knees and with my eyes shut , I could smell their faint scent . |
| 20 | However , by keeping myself hidden , I could observe their ‘ normal ’ boisterous behaviour so I decided that ‘ dither fish ’ were needed . |
| 21 | Years later I could observe their lives not just as the chance affairs of a family . |
| 22 | I could divine their thoughts . |
| 23 | I could sense their warmth and desire to please but I did n't know how to respond . |
| 24 | I wish I could put their minds at rest . |
| 25 | So that , as your specially commissioned public relations consultant , I could use their impact to full effect ? |
| 26 | The instructors were all trained in the UK and could not have been more helpful when I asked at very short notice whether I could fly their Archer for £34 . |
| 27 | For a moment , I could hear their indistinct voices and the faint sound of , ‘ Manchester City , Manchester City … ’ |
| 28 | Eventually I walked the night away , twice hiding in the ditch of the old Glencoe road as lagerlout cars — I could hear their maleficent approach down the glen — tyre-screeched past . |
| 29 | Little terns fished out at sea ; I could hear their squabblings as I walked across the sand hills . |
| 30 | ‘ I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak . |