Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were defined as antegrade or retrograde based on their aborad or orad propagation respectively . |
| 2 | Because the sons of the primal father both loved and hated him the possibility arose that those of them who by luck or design chanced on their actual fathers in their hunt for women and killed him or drove him off ( most probably the former , the latter seems insufficiently traumatic ) would have gratified one side of their ambivalent feelings , but would by the same action have frustrated the other . |
| 3 | The mad are said to keep a film or stage set in their heads , which they order and art-decorate and move through . |
| 4 | It had the same feel to it that she knew from the long hours she 'd spent experiencing the mass-market romantic slush that Madreidetic packed into their holos . |
| 5 | Teaching atoms and molecules to nine year olds would add spice and purpose to junior science ( and do better for chemistry 's image than advertising aimed at their parents . |
| 6 | MANY were shoeless , the dust and blood caked upon their shredded feet . |
| 7 | Family relationships were also felt to suffer , with l6 carers specifically mentioning the friction and tension caused by their caring role . |
| 8 | They stood aside and let us pass , though we heard the sniggers and laughter caused by their little jokes . |
| 9 | The successful candidates work as guest curators at the Tate Gallery and prepare an exhibition and publication based on their research . |
| 10 | They took with them packed lunches , jewellery , silver penknives , enamelled badges , Art Nouveau watches , substantial amounts of silver and gold coinage — not to mention the fascinating tools and equipment carried in their bulging rucksacks and bicycle bags . |
| 11 | Everything that could be polished was polished , but nothing was new , all the furniture and equipment settled into their accustomed places as of long habit . |
| 12 | We still have a fondness for unreasonably tall cakes and showers of rice , but contemporary brides tend not to be hedged about by garlands of orange blossom ( signifying chastity ) and smilax pinned to their dresses like a comelier version of the Queensferry Burry man . |
| 13 | These chose to live a life of poverty and charity supported by their own manual labours and loosely affiliated to local religious houses , from whom they might receive spiritual guidance , and to whom they gave the proceeds of their work . |
| 14 | Gradually the haze and sweat cleared from their eyes and they focussed over the open valley they had cycled up from . |
| 15 | At home in Gloucester , her mother and father learnt of their daughters death not from official sources , but from a news bulletin . |
| 16 | Delegates could contribute valuable insight and comment based on their own experiences and expertise , and this went a long way towards creating LASMO 's HSE blueprint for 1993 and beyond . |
| 17 | They are now both gratefully sipping piping hot coffee , provided by RMP , still dripping wet , with looks of wonderment and happiness written across their faces . |
| 18 | Copies of the hospital 's disinfectant and other infection control policies must be made available to mortuary technicians and the necessary education and training given in their use . |
| 19 | As a general point banks in many countries were highly regulated in relation to deposits and lending conducted in their own domestic currency . |
| 20 | This was partly because of methodological difficulties in recording ‘ natural ’ everyday speech and partly because early grammarians tended to privilege the conventions and prestige associated with their own practice of academic writing . |
| 21 | In any case , the land and time left at their disposal was steadily reduced from the seventeenth century as pomeshchiks and monasteries expanded their demesne and exacted dues in labour ( barshchina ) rather than quit-rent ( obrok ) . |
| 22 | This would have probably entailed working involuntary overtime , possibly long , awkward hours and , almost certainly , making a physical input , one consequence of which would have been a limit on the amount of time spent with the children and energy contributed to their amusement . |
| 23 | The following were among the findings reported at a conference in Anchorage , Alaska : — brain damage in seals similar to that found in people who die from solvent abuse ; this would have disoriented the animals and affected basic physiological functions like breathing ; it is suspected that many seals drowned , but because dead seals sink an accurate assessment of deaths has not been possible ; — the disappearance of a group of killer whales that had lived in the sound , possibly also due to the " solvent abuse effect " ; — deaths among sea otters not only from hypothermia ( because oil stuck to their fur destroyed its insulating properties ) but from emphysema caused by breathing in toxic fumes and from liver and kidney damage caused by ingesting oil ; — failure to breed among many species of birds since the accident , either because of the death rate within colonies at the time ( in the case of guillemots ) or because continued exposure to oil-polluted food sources is preventing reproduction ; — death tolls of up to 40 per cent for eggs laid by salmon , herring and other fish , and deformities and withered muscles among fish that did hatch . |
| 24 | After Pool slumped to their sixth defeat in seven games at home to Swansea Honour said : ‘ We have to do better . ’ |
| 25 | Christleton were all-out for 118 in the 39th over as Hall called upon their reserves of experience . |
| 26 | Two sisters and their brother died in their beds early yesterday as fire swept through their home in Forest Gate , east London . |