Example sentences of "the men [verb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the men cover their hair with paper caps , the women with scarves . |
| 2 | If the men lose their appeal they could face additional costs of several thousand pounds . |
| 3 | The men said their employer was thinking twice about sending them to work in nationalist areas . |
| 4 | The men continued their conversation in a friendly way until Joe stood up to leave , and took my hand . |
| 5 | The fishing-boats groaned as the men lugged their catch on to the promenade . |
| 6 | I was up afford dawn getting all ready , setting the china , both ours and what we 'd borrowed on the trestles in the orchard , helping Gideon to put the casks of beer in the yard , ready for the men to fill their harvest bottles , and fetching water from the well for the tea . |
| 7 | So it was developed by the ladies of the day for the men to do their work and they developed their special patterns like Arran stitches , which I 'm going to show you now , like Fair Isle stitches . |
| 8 | The men cheered their monarch as they marched past him . |
| 9 | Another bugle signalled breakfast , and the men took their place in a queue that Charlie reckoned would have gladdened the heart of any barrow boy in the Whitechapel Road . |
| 10 | The men took their time about it . |
| 11 | The men made their escape in Munn 's car , which he had reported stolen earlier that day , but witnesses contacted police with the registration number . |
| 12 | Clinging to Mayne 's jeep the men made their way safely back to camp . |
| 13 | It seemed that the men pooled their money to help survive . |
| 14 | Well the men considered their stock as their own then . |
| 15 | The men won their game too , without Jodi . |
| 16 | Otherwise- so quick had been the retreat through the Residency , the men fighting their way back from the hospital and across the yard would find themselves outflanked and unable to reach the connecting trench . |
| 17 | The men turned their attention to her . |
| 18 | Gun barrels waved at us , but the men stood their ground . |
| 19 | The men needed their beer . |
| 20 | When it 's time for a pork dinner — and pork is practically the only source of protein for these people — the men play their part in the pig/human relationship and make the kill , or several kills . |
| 21 | The men idled their time away on street corners or outside the pub , cadging a drink or a smoke . |