Example sentences of "[vb infin] their [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not hope to compete with the big stores for plain , cheap knitwear — they can buy their yarn at much better prices than we can and when we add costing for our time we price ourselves out of the market . |
| 2 | There are no concessions on Fridays and Saturdays ( except for Saver Ticket holders ) , but we do offer substantial concessionary prices on Mondays to Thursdays , when senor citizens , UB40 holders , students and children under 16 can buy their tickets for just £5.00 — and anyone can buy a ticket for £5.00 for any night during preview weeks ( see diary for details ) . |
| 3 | Members can buy their tickets from tomorrow … while other fans can get their 's by going to the next home game against Sunderland |
| 4 | One Peruvian veteran recalled that the worst thing about the vampiros is that , because they are such brilliant surgeons , they can make their incisions without even waking the victim . |
| 5 | This may affect their autonomy at least in terms of overall policy . |
| 6 | These issues have been termed ‘ politicization ’ , contrary to the founding state 's intentions that the UN agencies should restrict their activities to closely defined and well managed scientific , and technical or so called ‘ functional tasks ’ . |
| 7 | But when I see managers present their ideas in just this sort of well-if-you-don't-like-it-that's-all-right way , I can understand why so many are so ineffective in getting new things done . |
| 8 | The strategy of continuing to exclude women from the union did not prevent their recruitment in ever greater numbers by the employers . |
| 9 | Given the policy of restraint we believe that they should provide enough land to meet requirements , they should n't base their figure on past overtake . |
| 10 | Someone is sure to ask you how long it takes to knit a jumper , but do n't tell them the exact number of hours and minutes , or they will expect their jumper by tomorrow ! |
| 11 | The Owens have been told by surveyors that the road works could devalue their home by up to a hundred and fifty thousand pounds , and they think the department of Transport should listen to their arguments . |
| 12 | He thought again about his parents , but it had been a long time and he became angry with himself because he could no longer picture their faces like before . |
| 13 | They would never see their parents in quite the same way again , and ironically it was apt that they should not , because Timothy Gedge had not told lies entirely . |
| 14 | Most of the company wives do n't see their husbands for about sixty five per cent of the year , which is actually a very long time when you 're living in these sort of conditions . |
| 15 | WORKING-CLASS PARENTS CAN PROVIDE THEIR CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING EXPERIENCES AND PROFESSIONAL PARENTS CAN NEGLECT THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN … |
| 16 | The Labour and Conservative Parties who benefit from the present system have set their teeth against a change which would undermine their prospect of regularly forming a government on their own . |
| 17 | Thus , different strata in such societies may spend their money on rather different things . |
| 18 | This type of guitar was something of a German speciality , as though the builders , while acknowledging the burgeoning ‘ beat boom ’ market of the time , could n't bring themselves to completely prostitute their art by simply cloning the famous electric guitars of America . |
| 19 | In this way , Franco could secure their cooperation for as long as the war might last . |
| 20 | Similarly , they would clown their way through even simple household chores leaving chaos behind with spilled milk , broken eggs and unfed chickens . |
| 21 | Students are encouraged to identify and develop their aptitude for either specialist or interdisciplinary projects both in relation to the basic resources of the course , and by extending their studies to include other relevant resources which the Faculty has to offer . |
| 22 | Or the project will test their understanding of why it is particularly bad to break a promise . |
| 23 | Members of the public will have their chance to closely inspect the silver machines at the Montupet factory on Saturday . |
| 24 | Activator and quencher ions may produce their effects at extremely low concentrations , below the detection limits of the electron microprobe . |
| 25 | Its own stamens , however , do not produce their pollen until later by which time its eggs will have been cross-fertilised by exploring insects . |
| 26 | The Scots will not now name their squad until today but nothing should be read into the delay . |
| 27 | They 'd take their apéritifs in here before lunch , and their coffee afterwards . |
| 28 | The parents should react calmly and lovingly as normal but under no circumstances should children gain their demands through deliberately having a tantrum . |
| 29 | Because Hector 's dolphins can not hold their breath for long and dives rarely exceed 2 minutes ( compared with up to 8 minutes for a bottlenose dolphin ) , entanglement in a set-net is usually fatal . |
| 30 | ‘ If a husband or wife wants a family deep down , then it may eat away at the relationship and they may blame their partner for not allowing them to fulfil their needs . ’ |