Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb past] [verb] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides the obvious need to apply combat paint over the civil tanker schemes , the aircraft had to have their retardant tank systems removed . |
| 2 | Sure enough , the kindly Fulham folk had pooled their meagre rations and we gave our guests a really good wedding breakfast with the cake and non-alcoholic wine , at about twelve thirty . |
| 3 | We have made mention in passing of mobility within the context of a family 's history : both the ups and down of social mobility according to circumstance , and the more obviously-apparent geographical moves people made to ensure their own survival or to better their lot . |
| 4 | Studies reveal that people asked to rate their own abilities on a scale of 1–100 pitch themselves at around the 55 mark . |
| 5 | ‘ They used to call this mince until people started making their own hamburgers , you know . |
| 6 | An alternative might be the new technology bringing us to the leisure society with machines doing all the productive work and people freed to follow their own leisure pursuits . |
| 7 | In times past — before we had scientific weather forecasts on radio and TV — people had to use their own powers of observation to forecast the weather . |
| 8 | One informed estimate was that by December 1942 , about two out of every five people had changed their political outlook since the beginning of the war . |
| 9 | A further 31% ( 65 ) went to see their doctor — suggesting that over 80% had consulted their general practitioner at some time . |
| 10 | Thousands of imported sheep had left their devastating mark and the latest ‘ crop ’ , the deer , finished off any saplings the sheep might have missed when they came down from the high tops in the winter . |