Example sentences of "owners [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would have been terribly unfair to him and any possible new owners to find him a new home when he was in such a terrible state . |
| 2 | The owners showed me the hotel rooms , which looked extremely pleasant and had pure cotton sheets . |
| 3 | Stress is caused not only by chemical imperfections , but by ponds that are too shallow to give the Koi a sense of security ; or by excessive netting out and handling ( paradoxically , by over-anxious owners giving them the once over ) . |
| 4 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 5 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |