Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , not many business executives or lawyers write satirical novels or plays about their own profession . |
| 2 | Patrol tasks include keeping a particular lookout for flat-bed lorries , which are used by the IRA as baseplates for their inaccurate and random , but nonetheless effective , homemade mortars . |
| 3 | Banks , yes you deal with banks and er they know a lot about your affairs because you 've got your bank account and it goes through their hands and the know all about that . |
| 4 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 5 | On May 25 contra leaders had suspended an earlier agreement to disband , signed on May 4 , claiming that government guarantees for their protection were insufficient and that troops of the Sandinista People 's Army ( EPS ) had massacred 14 demobilized contras in Waslala , 300 km north of the capital , Managua . |
| 6 | The teachers at Howard were given government grants for their work but the money they received was the standard Salvation Army allowance . |
| 7 | Fascinated by the white pines that grow like weeds round Concord , on one memorable occasion he goes after their cones , which grow on their topmost branches : |
| 8 | Despite a penchant for shouting ‘ Go ! ’ at every available opportunity , they 're as relevant a reaction to real hard times as the Cypress Hill record the DJ plays after their set . |
| 9 | The scarred world looks through their gaps . |
| 10 | Boswell observes that when the clans were disarmed after Culloden , they used the old broadsword as covers for their buttermilk barrels : ‘ a kind of change , ’ he says , ‘ like beating spears into pruning-hooks ’ ; swords turned sadly into ploughshares . |
| 11 | He 's top of the A&R man 's list when it comes to nursing young guitar bands through their first , tentative studio steps . |
| 12 | Consequently they are achieving more than any other regional heavy metal bands through their tie ups with Hammer horror films and , coming soon , the London Philharmonic Orchestra ! |
| 13 | It will have a similar connotation when people discover what drops through their letter boxes if they are foolish enough to vote Conservative at the next general election . |
| 14 | Ask Clint whether he feels it has been tough for his kids having a superstar dad and he looks cagey : ‘ Everyone worries about their kids . |
| 15 | The extent to which society is prepared to divert resources of money and skilled manpower to the treatment , education and care of the physically handicapped is always a telling indication of the extent to which society accepts them and truly cares about their welfare . |
| 16 | The Health Show , held at London 's Olympia stadium from 4 to 7 July , is a fascinating forum for anyone who cares about their health . |
| 17 | What I 'm trying to say is , everyone joins for their own different reasons , you ca n't generalise that . |
| 18 | He gets no response , so he continues : ‘ And in the morning I need some street lookouts for their search party . |
| 19 | Her absences had done wonders for their marriage . |
| 20 | A syndrome — which was to recur again and again , from ABC to Age of Chance — of indie bands lashing other indie bands for their defeatism in not taking on the mainstream , was inaugurated . |
| 21 | Given that ratepayers are , as their Lordships admitted , only one part of those to whom the local authority owes duties , how does one determine where the correct balance lies between their interests and those of other sections of local society ? |
| 22 | One wife , who has now returned part-time to her own career while she cares for their two small children , accepted before marrying that her high-powered executive husband would not give any help in the house . |
| 23 | ‘ He gives jobs to all the people in Santa Barbara , and he looks after their health also . |
| 24 | In the case of the catering students that dividend is a measurably better understanding of how one hotel works , and where it is effective , a thorough assignment which counts towards their final grade , and the possibility of a future job-offer . |
| 25 | Commercial organizations spend a great deal of effort on assessing the needs and wants of their customers , and yet , as we saw in Chapter 31 ( The Marketing Concept ) , there is a variety of possible orientations towards customers . |
| 26 | Alex Gair ran through choking smoke to telephone his grandfather , Mr Gerry Gair , who lives near their bungalow in Nursery Lane , Nutley , near Uckfield , Sussex . |
| 27 | Derby , who are at home to Swindon , will be hope goal difference counts against their rivals . |
| 28 | To develop a programme of study skills appropriate to each pupil and geared to fit the changing study needs throughout their school career . |
| 29 | For Arabs and Muslims , a whole history of humiliation at Western hands lies behind their approval of Saddam 's defiant stand . |
| 30 | His girlfriend Eleanor lives with their 18-month-old son Christopher at her parents ' home . |