Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approached by American conspirators , such as Aaron Burr , who sought British aid in their plots of disunion , Merry listened to the plotters but never abetted them . |
| 2 | The ‘ flak helpers ’ had been little more than children at the time of Hitler 's great ‘ triumphs ’ , and in the hail of bombs , the destruction , and the retreating armies , the remaining image of the Führer as the military genius bore scant relation to their daily experience of reality . |
| 3 | DESPITE the continuing property slump , auction houses reported booming business at their March sales . |
| 4 | Orange and black meant Strathclyde , green and cream West Yorkshire , and yellow and white Tyne & Wear , as passenger transport executives provided public proof of their interest ( and subsidy ) of metropolitan rail services by applying their own liveries . |
| 5 | His overall leadership was acknowledged , but the younger group retained actual control over their organisation and this dichotomy persisted throughout all the years that followed . |
| 6 | Similarly , participants who reported negative support from their closest friend or relative or financial difficulties had higher rates of sickness absence . |
| 7 | Moreover from an early stage the Greeks used sculptural decoration on their temples in a way which had no close parallel in earlier arts and , as it developed , encouraged a new approach to relief . |
| 8 | Many were run along efficient lines and provided substantial income for their Order . |
| 9 | In 1991 the children were removed and placed elsewhere , where they maintained regular contact with their mother . |
| 10 | Her clients ( mainly wealthy women seeking rejuvenation ) reported dramatic improvement in their skin condition as a result of her treatments . |
| 11 | ( 1984 ) in a study of elderly in South Wales , reported decreased mortality among their screened group of elderly . |
| 12 | Yet Tate , herself a Jamaican , found that her second-generation informants used Jamaican Creole as their in-group language , and sounded so authentic that they could pass for Jamaicans in Jamaica , in her judgement ( personal communication ) . |
| 13 | The other linguists all retained lasting interest in their subject without building careers on it : Lorna Bottomley joined the temporary Civil Service ( Ministry of Education ) after the war , enjoyed educational administration and in 1947 moved to become Assistant Secretary at the Westminster Medical School where she remained contentedly until retirement in 1982 . |
| 14 | And in Sweden , although in the 1930s unions and managements found common ground in their efforts to increase efficiency under capitalism and avoid state intervention in their relationship , since the 1970s the unions have been promoting new socio-political goals . |
| 15 | In fact , the Germans experienced limited success with their Fifth Column in Holland . |
| 16 | Oldham received scant reward for their exploits , being sent to the winners of the Swindon v Southampton tie next week . |
| 17 | The explosion sparked a fire which caused serious damage to their flat above a shop in Pensby , Wirral . |
| 18 | The lesson was not wasted on Renaissance princes , who adopted individual portraiture on their own coins , in the hope that these would survive as lasting memorials to their achievements in the same way as Roman coins had ; this adoption of portraiture thereby laid one of the foundations of modern coin design . |
| 19 | Hypertensives in the experimental group received intensive advice about their blood pressure , including guidance on weight control and salt restriction , and if that did n't work they were given anti-hypertensive drugs . |
| 20 | forbade unlawful sex in their hotel ? |
| 21 | The most important of these is that there seems to be no evidence that people assumed automatic responsibility for their relatives — including parents — who were old , sick , or in some other circumstance where they were unable to work to maintain themselves . |
| 22 | Scientific work into the effects of vitamin E deficiency revealed that , in extreme cases , male animals deprived of the vitamin for a long period suffered irreparable damage to their testes . |
| 23 | Feminists have , until recently , paid scant attention to their older sisters but this is now being remedied . |
| 24 | At first , Merrill paid scant attention to their conversation , but her interest was caught when he and Luke began speaking of environmental issues , rain forests , renewable sources of timber , and the possibility of turning over a greater part of their production to make more use of softwood . |
| 25 | The Conservatives faced strong opposition within their own ranks to any major changes in boundaries : they could only contain this opposition by their readiness to accept detailed amendments throughout the process . |
| 26 | However , when interviewed at a 4-month follow-up , more of the experimental group showed overall improvement in their social problems ( 70 per cent ) than the control group ( 53 per cent ) . |
| 27 | The public grew to hate the licensors , and Parliament eventually uncovered widespread corruption in their operation — fraud , extortion and intimidation had made the whole system a scandal . |
| 28 | Tarred timbers covered in grit — unlike the gates at Southampton — protected the caisson 's sides , and the men took some cover behind these timbers ' projections when the Penhouet ships opened accurate fire with their 20mm guns . |
| 29 | To her surprise both Rohan and Jacques poured red wine into their bowls as they drank , and Marie-Christine explained this was known as chabrot . |
| 30 | Picking up her washing and her boots , she clambered barefoot back to their camp . |