Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the foreign gene codes for a protein that is toxic to insects or which affects their metabolism , then the resultant recombinant virus may well be more pathogenic than the wild-type virus . |
| 2 | It defined traders as all persons using the trade of merchandise by way of bargaining , exchange , bartering , commission , consignment or otherwise , in gross or by retail , or who sought their living by buying and selling , by buying and letting for hire or by the workmanship of goods and commodities . |
| 3 | However , when you live alone and you are inviting comparative strangers to your party , it is wise to enlist the help of a friend beforehand to help you cope , particularly if you do not feel you could deal with evicting people who might become drunk or who overstay their welcome . |
| 4 | Students who drop out or who fail their college courses are often those who failed to come to terms quickly with their new environment and to make the necessary personal adjustments to fit into that environment . |
| 5 | Either they are one of the best of the bunch at home , or they make their name abroad . |
| 6 | Often the press reports fail to state the facts completely or they slant their account of the case . |
| 7 | Or they made their contribution through Lutheran forms , as happened in the famous case of Greiter 's melody for Ps.119 , ‘ Es sind doch alle ’ . |
| 8 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 9 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 10 | Many tour groups do and I timed their sightseeing . |
| 11 | They stood up to be counted , to save their men 's jobs , their community and their families ' futures and I salute their courage and wish them well in their pit vigil . |
| 12 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 13 | Well I sent it to the B B C , I sent it to Duncan but I also sent it to the the Lady a shorter version to the Lady their competition and I said their competition was gon na be on the eighteenth in their issue they would give the names of the of the winners , but I had looked in the Lady yesterday in Smiths and there was none of nothing about it , but I do n't think I 've won anyway because it said you 'd be notified by post so . |
| 14 | If reviewers are too busy to do their job properly ( and I recognise their willingness to take on such a thankless task , though it is one that helps the process of science advance ) then they should be removed from that task . |
| 15 | They did so impeccably and I believe their judgement was a judgement reached in accordance with the rules laid down by Parliament ’ Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on the handling of the port sale to Teesside Holdings . |
| 16 | I think people point me out and say , ‘ There 's that woman , ’ and I feel their hostility towards me . |
| 17 | But they do n't understand such things in the human world ; and I understand their world less and less . |
| 18 | er , grass cutting in Borough Council , and I see their contract is up for renewal next year , is about the most disgusting grass cutting you could ever wish to see . |
| 19 | But in the final instance , I 'm in favour of women having a choice and I reckon their choice is none of my business . |
| 20 | And I suppose their slang version to gon na help out other people . |
| 21 | But of course if salaries go up evenly throughout a forty year lifespan and the Chairman is given a forty year lifespan which is quite or pension lifespan which is quite a suitable one , if salaries go up and someone leaves their company every ten years , then the first three departures are obviously going to be at much lower salary levels and it 's not going to be satisfactory the first three departures are just index linked to inflation , there is the problem of how does one index link them towards the final salary . |
| 22 | SIR PETER HAYMAN , who has died aged 77 , had an eminent career in the Diplomatic Service , which culminated in his appointment as High Commissioner in Canada from 1970 to 1974 ; but after his retirement , and years of blandly shepherding the press at news conferences in various parts of the world , Hayman fell into dark disgrace and himself became their quarry . |
| 23 | and Jehovah proceeded to go down to see what they see , to see the city and they tell that the sons of man have gods , after that Jehovah said look there are one people and there is one language for the north and this is they start to do , why now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unobtainable for them , come now let us go down and their confuse their language , he 'd be speaking to angels now would n't he |
| 24 | It was not therefore unexpected that the Thatcher government introduced legislation which reduced the amount of supplementary benefit payable to strikers and which made their trade union responsible for paying a higher amount of strike pay . |
| 25 | On her visit Diana took France by storm and she has shown the world how happy she is carrying out official engagements on her own — in contrast to the Korean trip which she shared with her husband and which exposed their coldness towards each other when they spent most days unsmiling and glum . |
| 26 | ‘ Does article 5(1) of the [ Brussels ] Convention apply to claims which are made by an association constituted under private law possessing legal personality against one of its members in a matter relating to obligations in regard to the payment of a sum of money and which have their basis in the relationship between the parties by virtue of membership , such relationship arising from the defendant party 's joining the association as a member by virtue of a legal transaction entered into for that purpose ? |
| 27 | There can have been few more painful moments in Melvyn Bragg 's professional life than when he sat in the audience of a public performance where Barry Humphries , in the guise of Edna Everage , asked if anyone had read any of Bragg 's novels and nobody raised their hand . |
| 28 | It 's as if the initial prophylactic use was enough to salve any consciences , enough to make everyone think , ‘ Well , we 've done our bit ’ , and nobody mentions their absence second time around . |
| 29 | You were there , and you felt their presence , although you could not see anything . ’ |
| 30 | Mind you if you do it properly and you put their rank and regiments and things |