Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For prison staff , opening their doors has been a chance to show people the reality of a modern jail . |
| 2 | When she had arrived from France she was supposed to contact friends of her family , but the bag which had contained their address had been lost or stolen . |
| 3 | Finally they reached home and tried to put the kettle on for a welcome cup of tea — to discover their water had been cut off . |
| 4 | In particular , life events of certain kinds have been implicated in a wide range of disorder , and some of the evidence to establish their role has been described in earlier chapters . |
| 5 | In particular , the significance of the small number who say their work has been deskilled is open to question . |
| 6 | They say their study has been prompted by the Government 's commitment to driving down medical bills , forcing NHS bodies to view ‘ value for money ’ as a key area of treatment policy . |
| 7 | Meanwhile the pub 's owners say their business has been wrecked |
| 8 | Toxic chemicals contained in sheep dip may be banned after complaints from some farmers who say their health has been damaged by the dip . |
| 9 | They sought refuge at an M4 service station — only to emerge after a a meal to find their caravan had been stolen . |
| 10 | they 'll think their offices have been bugged . |
| 11 | It was only when they saw the picture on the cover of a magazine — on their 38th wedding anniversary — that they realised their kiss had been captured forever . |
| 12 | He should not be nervous : by the time he arrives on stage just before the end of the first act the youngsters in the audience had been thoroughly warmed up by all the silliness created by Michael Barrymore and the Roly Polys ; the bruisers from Essex who turned up to see their hero had been thoroughly oiled with lager and were ready to send their love across the footlights . |
| 13 | PUNDITS who advised the 2m shareholders of British Gas to sell their shares have been caught on the hop . |
| 14 | In spite of this , 79 per cent of Italian men believed their wives to have been virgins when they married . |
| 15 | His fierce pride demanded that she must assume their meeting had been coincidental . |
| 16 | Schools in three contrasting areas at different stages of developing their planning have been chosen to provide a suitable sample . |
| 17 | And if they do , will they feel their times has been well rewarded ? |
| 18 | Since Postan wrote in 1950 , the figures on which historians can base their opinions have been made conveniently available with the compilation of the Phelps Brown and Hopkins indices of the cost of consumable goods , and of building wage-rates in southern England , expressed in terms of these goods [ A.1 ] . |
| 19 | The various pupils ’ study needs just listed include many skills that most school teachers would expect their pupils to have been taught or to have acquired in the process of their secondary education . |
| 20 | They had thought their money had been safe in gilts ( government backed securities ) . |
| 21 | In addition , many of those who have had their homes repossessed are now being chased by building societies and banks for the short-falls arising after the sale of their homes , many of which are being sold for less than the mortgage owing on them . |
| 22 | If the policeman was right , if it was a deadly game played by professionals with the resources of the KGB behind them , it was important that they did n't suspect their plot had been uncovered . |
| 23 | But , in a slightly weaker sense , someone may lose their autonomy if the opportunity for them to exercise their capacity to choose is removed . |
| 24 | The need for developing countries to generate export surpluses to service their debts has been identified as a major cause of environmentally destructive policies such as exploitation of the rainforests . |
| 25 | The person who 's getting their teeth cleaned is nay very nice teeth is it ? |
| 26 | They stopped at the Three Tuns tavern to ensure their horses had been well stabled . |
| 27 | All in all , a pitiful collection , but he was n't so self-deceiving as to believe their relationship had been much more than a sum of those parts . |
| 28 | The problems vehicle owners face trying to keep their property secure is a worry in the face of increasing criminal sophistication . |
| 29 | Forty-seven of the 55 students continuing their studies had been financed by SERC on the IT Advanced Course . |
| 30 | With child benefit included their income has been increased from £124.20 to £148.62 a week . |