Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb past] [adv prt] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delegates hooted in disgust or yanked up their ties to imitate nooses . |
| 2 | Rural society was characterized by the overwhelming predominance of family farms which neither relied upon hired labour nor hired out their own labour . |
| 3 | They found their usual post at the pond and set up their gear ; it was hot and very humid , they were near the gated level crossing on the old trackbed . |
| 4 | They support their conclusions with their reasoning and set out their order . |
| 5 | They carried the body to the brake compartment and carried on their journey ; others had jumped from that bridge and there would be more . |
| 6 | The rain was cold on their heads and streamed down their necks inside their clothing . |
| 7 | The 16-point plan presented by the rebels at this meeting had been rejected by the government , but on Oct. 15 Chissano announced that MNR rebels would be allowed to stand in the 1991 elections if they renounced violence and laid down their arms . |
| 8 | He took lump sums of up to £35,000 from investors who sold houses , remortgaged homes and put up their businesses as collateral to get the lump sum together . |
| 9 | After he 'd coated the segments in salt and chilli he passed them round , and everyone smacked their lips and screwed up their faces in pained delight . |
| 10 | Companies that set up their regional headquarters in Singapore are only taxed 10% on income from approved services , including trading in foreign exchange and offshore investments . |
| 11 | There is evidence that the high incidence of unemployment amongst black people will make housing conditions , especially overcrowding , worse as young unemployed people are finding it difficult to move out after marriage and set up their own homes ( Brah , 1986 ) . |
| 12 | She got to her feet and picked up their empty plates . |
| 13 | They thrust their carbines into the bucket holsters on their saddles and dragged out their long straight-bladed swords . |
| 14 | One of the most attractive features for her was the garden , comprising ten hectares of parkland , which they converted to pasture and brought over their own flock of texel sheep . |
| 15 | The women cashed in insurance policies and used up their savings and redundancy money . |
| 16 | And whenever a cat died he noted that Egyptians all went into deep mourning and shaved off their eyebrows as a sign of their distress . |
| 17 | The existing clients helped us to raise the money and went round their relatives . |
| 18 | No eyes beheld them for any of its windows ; no one beat a carpet or scraped a cauldron or swilled out their slops . |
| 19 | Seaford , Hastings , Winchelsea and Rye suffered from the old Sussex enemy , the longshore drift that silted up their harbours relentlessly . |
| 20 | The Norman conquest brought with it , among many other customs , the strewing on floors of aromatic plants that gave off their scent when walked upon . |
| 21 | Child care became something of a battleground , and policy-makers and practitioners were influenced by the battles of ideas that raged over their activities . |
| 22 | The Gould party settled into accommodation at a Mr Fisher 's on Davey Street , unpacked all their belongings and set up their apparatus ready for the invasion of fresh specimens . |
| 23 | Usually there is some implied opinion within such critiques , and this is generally a sympathetic one , so that such productions as ‘ Walter ’ were admired for their production values but questioned over their intent . |
| 24 | The family eventually moved to Hull but kept up their connection with the race . |
| 25 | During the rest hours and at night , he had turned his face to the wall and cried over their shared youth and all the bonds of sun and blowing grass and long evenings full of the sound of tumbling rooks that tied their lives together . |
| 26 | When they were little they had a little artificial tree and put out their stockings on Christmas Eve . |
| 27 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 28 | Shorter prison terms would be considered for traffickers who acknowledged their crimes , identified accomplices and turned over their assets . |
| 29 | Others crouched on their haunches and kicked out their back legs behind them , like men carrying out a complex fitness programme . |
| 30 | Organisms that released spores when they were too young or too old would end up with fewer descendants than rivals that built up their strength and then released a massive number of spores when in the prime of life . |