Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [vb pp] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children having their ponies taken and the upset it causes . |
| 2 | Once more their eyes met and the old nun said softly : |
| 3 | Not a breath of freshness stirred in the upper air , and the ground at their feet steamed as the sun drew the moisture out of the earth . |
| 4 | In North America , where the enslavement of Africans and their descendants continued until the last quarter of the nineteenth century , this exploitation was ‘ justified ’ by beliefs about racial inferiority , and reinforced by a form of Christian preaching which emphasised to slaves the virtues of humility and submission . |
| 5 | In 1419 the town suffered greatly because of the Hussite Wars , with many of the churches being destroyed and their contents damaged or the churches merely being left incomplete . |
| 6 | The ‘ commercial ’ snakes , generally the Spectacled Cobra , have either had their fangs extracted or the poison sacs removed . |
| 7 | Schumacher in a Benetton tried to force his way by but Senna pulled across , their wheels touched and the German spun out of the race . |
| 8 | Schumacher in a Benetton tried to force his way by but Senna pulled across , their wheels touched and the German spun out of the race . |
| 9 | The point was that managers needed to learn what their audiences wanted but the other value of this familiarity was that any vague and general grumblings could be headed off before they became public . |
| 10 | But how many persons must have their morals affected before the test is made out ? |
| 11 | They must have had their faces upturned when the bomb went off ; perhaps they were anti-aircraft personnel . |
| 12 | These body-builder types , particularly , can preen and pout in a manner which some ladies might find rather suggestive , only to have their hopes dashed when the guy starts telling anecdotes about his boyfriend 's expertise in the sack . |