Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | To put it another way : how did they think they could share their thoughts about the trick objects with another person ? |
| 2 | Salvadorean women often remark that they live in a " matriarchal society " , by which they mean they must support their children single-handed . |
| 3 | They hope he will lift their economy out of recession , hope he will heal the racial disharmony and end the violence in their cities , hope he will keep their country the sole superpower in a fast-changing world . |
| 4 | 38 witnesses , among 90 creditors owed almost £2 million when How went bankrupt , have told the court they believed he 'd put their money into secure deposit accounts . |
| 5 | That is why Labour and the Tories stand in areas where they know they will lose their deposits . |
| 6 | Examples of this may be : the agoraphobic person who never goes out because they believe they will collapse and die of a heart attack ; the lift phobic who believes they may become trapped in the lift and suffocate to death ; a person who avoids meeting others because , if a disagreement starts , they believe they will lose their temper and hit people ; and last , a person may obsessively check the locks on doors and windows , believing that somebody is bound to break into the house if they fail to make these checks . |
| 7 | they reckon you could touch their beaks ! |
| 8 | The colonial assemblies saw themselves as bodies parallel to the House of Commons and they felt they could use their authority over finance to control the royal governors . |
| 9 | Some of the crew were against this because they thought they 'd get their watches stolen ( I ask you ) and some in favour so that they could get a closer look at the women ( I ask you ) . |
| 10 | They thought it would put their passengers off . ’ |
| 11 | Certainly no one set any store by when they said they would conduct their final funeral rites . |
| 12 | Although their car and many of their belongings were destroyed by the bomb , they said they would continue their honeymoon . |
| 13 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |