Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [v-ing] [adv] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says : ‘ The Town Hall staff say I am wear-ing out their kettle . |
| 2 | Let us assume that you have reached the point in your synspilums ' development where you are setting up their permanent breeding quarters , probably using a 60″ × 18″ × 18″ tank or larger ; you might just about scrape by with a 48″ , but this is not really recommended . |
| 3 | She is bringing up their daughter , Katherine , 21 months , to be a vegetarian , too . |
| 4 | She 'd been reading about how Egyptians believed cats guided your dreams , and dreamed that she was roaming around their flat from a cat 's point of view . |
| 5 | All of these initiatives as well as the day to day work that goes on with safety representatives at the workplace , supported by officials all of these initiatives are aimed at improving standards at the workplace and we are also contributing to the fourth action programme in Europe where they are setting out their action programme which will take them into the next |
| 6 | Nearly all African bishops are now sons of Africa and they are sending out their own missionaries . |
| 7 | ‘ Then , Master Porter , ’ he raised his voice so the two soldiers hiding in the porter 's house could hear him , ‘ tell them I will check that they are carrying out their duties . |
| 8 | When they do n't have enough time , teachers know , even if they are fairly successful at not thinking about it , that in some way or other they are letting down their pupils , their colleagues or themselves . |
| 9 | Oh my dear some of them are comparing you with Racquel Welsh or whatever , you know you get the impression they 're looking down their nose , as much to say oh how dreadful for me to have to be seen with this old person ! |
| 10 | Now they 've come out the front door and the bus is running er coming down the road so they 're running for that bus , so they 're using up their energy , the insulin level 's there , but the energy level is going down . |
| 11 | Now they 're stepping up their call for action . |
| 12 | They 're opening up their seventeenth century home in Kingston Lisle near Wantage to the public . |
| 13 | They 're giving up their valuable time to help others . |
| 14 | ‘ The basic concept was that there should be a period of restraint to redress the balance of what has been a tremendous amount of development over the years , ’ he said , referring to the support the parish council had given to county and district while they were drawing up their local plans . |
| 15 | Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale-type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . |
| 16 | Mr Rawson remembered the drinking and the fighting , but also the big chromium-plated gypsy caravans with their displays of Crown Derby china and their owners sitting on the steps , ‘ as if they were showing off their homes and vying to outdo each other ’ . |
| 17 | They were making up their minds the next day , so I could n't risk — ’ |
| 18 | He used to travel around all the other cells to make sure they were carrying out their objectives . ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps he had visited the pirates during the night , when they were lying around their fire , full of rum . |
| 20 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 21 | For , in truth , humble flagman Ken Evans and race starter Captain Keith Brown both with years of successful racing experience behind them were carrying out their duties according to the book , as they and others like them have done without criticism in the past . |
| 22 | I goes , ‘ 4×4 , C'm on you 've all read the book — read it , it 's coming out their ears — I goes , let's examine the character of the Witch . |
| 23 | For , before another thought could form in her head , he was laying aside their brandy glasses and gently reaching out for her , one arm sliding round her waist . |