Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [noun pl] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their world was petrified , and only fifty metres separated their sanctuary from the sea of red death . |
| 2 | There was some variation between the practices , but only three fundholders reduced their rates , which may be due to normal year on year differences . |
| 3 | It took Everton only 15 minutes to get their noses in front when Mark Ward made the opening for Matt Jackson to burst between two defenders and pull the ball back for Cottee to steer it wide of the helpless Mark Crossley . |
| 4 | It will typically take several hours for the car to go down the line , hundreds of workers will be directly involved in fitting the various bits and pieces , and each will have a cycle time of perhaps 60 seconds to do their allotted task . |
| 5 | Such was the enthusiasm and unanimity of the delegates of the steering committee that it required only two meetings to complete their task . |
| 6 | The adults have only two hours to complete their life cycle , and the males actually help the females out of their pupal cases to speed up mating . |
| 7 | RANGERS ' 2–1 victory over Dundee United at Tannadice , coupled with Hearts ' 0–0 home draw with St Mirren has left the champions needing only two points to retain their title . |
| 8 | Just 13 horses stood their ground at yesterday 's latest forfeit stage for the final classic . |
| 9 | Each year approximately 160000 children see their parents separate , and lone-parent families have increased , from 8 per cent in 1971 to 14 per cent in 1987 ( OPCS , 1988 ) . |
| 10 | Just five horses stand their ground for the £145,000-added St James 's Palace Stakes , first day feature at the showpiece meeting . |
| 11 | With Leeds losing 2-1 at Ibrox , they needed at least two and preferably three goals to rescue their ambitions . |
| 12 | Nearly 19,000 motorists converted their cars to lead-free petrol on the AA 's automobile association nationwide adjustment days last week . |
| 13 | John Fitzgerald and Anders Jarryd , the Wimbledon champions , took nearly three hours to win their opening match 6-3 , 6-7 , 6-1 , 7-5 over Paul Annacone and Christo van Rensberg . |
| 14 | Points out that even though no more than week long , seemed to last approx. 2000 years given their children with talent for running away from home/eating razor blades/climbing into boot of car to die/vomiting continuously/fighting with our children in between asthma bouts . |
| 15 | Yet those British ships that reached harbour undamaged on 2 June were refuelled and made ready for sea within five hours , whereas the Germans took nearly four months to prepare their fleet to sail . |
| 16 | Nearly 40,000 geese spend their winters here . |
| 17 | Instantly 20 soldiers buried their massively muscled pincers in my stick , possibly never to let go , while dozens more swarmed up the stick causing me to let go with alacrity . |
| 18 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 19 | In 1933 roughly 4,000 banks shut their doors , and the United States was left with only half as many as it had had in 1929 . |
| 20 | About 150 fans roared their approval outside court at the last hearing while screaming ‘ Judas ’ at Sugar . |
| 21 | Very little guidance is given to students , who enrol ( with some exceptions ) in the subject of their choice and shift around at will , taking around six years to complete their first degree . |
| 22 | AT least 720 couples celebrated their golden weddings and renewed their vows at a cathedral service in Chicago . |
| 23 | The Lancasters had to drop the bouncing bomb from precisely sixty feet to hit their target . |
| 24 | The Lancasters had to drop the bouncing bomb from precisely sixty feet to hit their target . |
| 25 | There must have been at least twenty cavalrymen rowelling their horses down the cart track . |
| 26 | A jury took almost four hours to reach their unanimous verdict at Liverpool Crown Court where Warren Green , 27 , had denied killing his wife Julie , 24 . |
| 27 | Charge payers are therefore given at least two opportunities to pay their community charge instalment . |
| 28 | THE parents of a baby boy who died from injuries suffered before birth won a historic legal victory yesterday when three judges allowed their damages action against a health board to go ahead . |
| 29 | Horncastle has become Lincolnshire 's principal Antiques Centre where over sixty dealers have their businesses and many more from all over the country and abroad come to trade . |
| 30 | To date , 857 companies have entered the USM , which reached its climax in 1988 when 103 companies made their debut . |