Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [conj] their " in BNC.

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1 After four years of the parliament ( ie , by April 1996 ) there is a one-in-six chance that their majority will have gone .
2 Mike Vessey hit the bar with his effort but Alan Vessey put his chance away with only ten seconds left on the clock to give St Albans a 4–1 win and their second National Cup championship .
3 Well the servants three servants are given one talent and their master tells them to erm do with it what they could in a certain space of time and he would reward them .
4 They had been murdered by the army in the early days of the 1973 coup and their remains had lain in sacks at a Santiago mortuary for 17 years .
5 Two solid hours in one evening and their charm wears thin .
6 The best of the autograph collectors would not have accepted for one minute that their pursuit was the poor relation of manuscript collecting proper .
7 The representatives of a printing company told dealers of one firm that their shares were a five year hold .
8 Anyway , ’ continued Zach , ' my parents kept their ordinary clothes in one suitcase and their costumes and make-up in another . ’
9 From 1 January 1993 UK banks will only be able to include their interim profits in tier 1 capital if their external auditor has verified them ( p 97 ) .
10 You will often see recipients tapping the table with the three middle fingers of one hand while their cup is being filled .
11 They 'd cart a case of beer and their heavy saddles into the cinema under the cloak of darkness and , sitting astride their saddles in the front row , would cheer on the cowboys and ride rough with them , Waikato 4X in one hand and their stetsons in the other .
12 Either way , the tenants feel besieged by the authority on the one hand and their reckless juniors on the other .
13 There is an inherent tension between range and flexibility of options on the one hand and their simplicity and clarity on the other .
14 The Communists , PCP also have one member and their colleagues , UDD or United Democratic Party , have two members and draw most of their support from the Machico area .
15 The afternoon will remain partly sunny , but temperatures will only rise to 9 Celsius , 48 Fahrenheit and their could be an occasional shower .
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