Example sentences of "[vb past] it in their " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fight did not prevent the fundamental beliefs in the nation and ‘ the historic integrity of the island of Ireland ’ , as nationalist parties described it in their New Ireland Forum ( 1983 — 4 : i. 28 ) , from remaining basic to the perceptions of both parties . |
| 2 | They caught it in their onrush . |
| 3 | This happened to such an extent that the Census Commissioners mentioned it in their returns . |
| 4 | I 'd been amazed that in London you could buy ready-made couscous in packets , and that the English used it in their cooking . |
| 5 | This was well known during the last century because the pioneers used it in their flintlock guns . |
| 6 | An officer who had lived on Guernsey also made a reconnaissance of that island before Ronnie Tod and John Durnford-Slater visited it in their July raid the same year . |
| 7 | Seurat , Dufy , Utrillo and Pissarro celebrated it in their paintings ; Apollinaire , in his poetry , saw it as a shepherdess guarding her flock — of bridges and Jean Cocteau praised it as " the Notre-Dame of the Left Bank " . |
| 8 | Indians have discarded the Empire ; they have clung to the language of the imperialists and shaped it in their own manner . |
| 9 | It seems that many of the communities trading with Minoan Crete caught something of the flavour of its culture , whether material or spiritual , and developed it in their own way . |
| 10 | Although among Buddhists there was a negative connotation attached to eating beef , contemporaries thought that more and more Sinhalese included it in their diets . |
| 11 | The horse appeared reluctant to pass the children , so Dauntless drew his sword and waved it in their direction in a threatening manner . |
| 12 | On the contrary , it proved , beyond any doubt , that the Templars were familiar with the Atbash Cipher and employed it in their own obscure , heterodox rites . |
| 13 | Kids watched it in their millions every week because it was that rarity : an adult show which listened to their viewpoint . |
| 14 | The number of entrants was swelled by the servicemen who took part , ‘ volunteered ’ by their superior officers as a good way of keeping fit and in training , especially as some did it in their army boots . |
| 15 | They were the ones who f—ed over melody and did it in their own way , ’ said Bobby Schiffman of The Harlem Apollo . |
| 16 | His disposition became no calmer when , in reply to his request to withdraw the money , the Woolwich suggested he put it in their ‘ Prime Gold ’ account . |
| 17 | The time may not , therefore , be too far away when , as McKinsey put it in their 1989 report , the scenario of ‘ potential unlocked ’ becomes a reality for AEA . |
| 18 | Which brought her back to the sack and to the Friar who had carried it and left it in their care . |
| 19 | They consistently held the initiative but seemed overwhelmed by the vision of victory and , when they twice had it in their grasp , they froze . |
| 20 | Bleak black branches suddenly shone with the colours of dark red buds , of shining bark , of pale dry trunks that caught the sun and held it in their sinuous heights . |