Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [am/are] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The danger for Leeds was that as they began to over-extend themselves they would become exposed at the back , where they are at their weakest . |
| 2 | It must be one of the major frustrations of being a veterinary surgeon that you can never convince your patients that you are on their side and are working tirelessly to save them and help them back to full health . |
| 3 | And I , I suspect that they 're on their way out because the way they leap and scream and bang and thump I should think that they , most of them have been on drugs . |
| 4 | An official survey of Gloucestershire 's roads shows that they 're in their worst state for fifteen years . |
| 5 | After adjustment for inflation , it means that they are at their lowest since the war . |
| 6 | These receive tax concessions for operating in Mexico but their location is so close to North America that they are near their distribution networks and markets , and other North American facilities . |
| 7 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 8 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 9 | If yours are past their best , we offer help by taking a look at what 's available in replacement windows . |
| 10 | There 's usually a heavy-metal band sitting in one comer , their van 's broken down , you see , and they 're on their way to an important gig . |
| 11 | They 've done and they 're on their second thing . |
| 12 | When the spring returns to the north the power of the Ice Mages of Kislev wanes , and they are at their weakest at mid summer before it grows again with the coming of winter . |
| 13 | ‘ I know which are tulips and which daffodils , and I know what to charge … a tanner for a big bunch , threepence if they 're past their best bloom , and a penny for a sprig of heather . ’ |
| 14 | But the cost of housing in the city means that it is beyond them , particularly if they 're on their own , young , single people . |
| 15 | Enemy heroes and wizards are also fair game if they are on their own . |
| 16 | If girls have support from their family and from their boyfriends , this can make an enormous difference to this experience , but if they are on their own , it can be very tough . |
| 17 | Manager Mr Cutts said : ‘ Provided they 're with their owners and are on leads , they 're welcome , but to be honest , we do n't get many in . ’ |
| 18 | Even so , being tempted into keeping the flowers until they are past their best will mean that you wo n't have a satisfactory pressed flower picture with which to remember them . |
| 19 | It takes place automatically when the clubhead is swung correctly to the top of the backswing , but the wrists do not cock fully until they are on their way back to the ball . |
| 20 | They should not be officially released until they are in their final form . |
| 21 | They should not be officially released until they are in their final form . |
| 22 | But they 're at their best during songs like ‘ Stomach Worm ’ , where a cute , simplistic beat pop tune ascends slowly into noisy chaos , thrashing around in an acid bath and trying to keep from being submerged . |
| 23 | At present the most promising approaches are coming from network models , but they are in their very early stages and the day of a convincing object recognition network is still some way off . |
| 24 | They buy the records and the video , so on days like this I must come out and see them and say ‘ Thank you ’ because I am in their debt . |
| 25 | After new talks succeeded , Ball said : ‘ Sometimes agents ’ demands exceed what the players want but , because they are in their stable , they have to take advice from these gentlemen . |
| 26 | And I 've seen them doing this right up till they 're in their eighties . |
| 27 | Responsible parents do n't smoke while they are near their baby , ’ she said . |
| 28 | There are as many constraints and ‘ lock-ins ’ with systems calling themselves ‘ open ’ as there are with their proprietary predecessors . ’ |
| 29 | But today 's alert suggests Serbian rebels may now be prepared to fire on Hercules planes when they 're at their most vunerable , as they taxi in the airport perimeter . |
| 30 | ‘ Call me when they 're on their way into Moscow . ’ |