Example sentences of "[v-ing] their [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said and when we got to Glasgow I said there were people in a van blasting their horn they were absolutely mortified because |
| 2 | The structure of this is interesting as over the last few years most software house have added default actions , verbs or options to their interface — Sierra have almost taken the opposite course by simplifying their system which now has a basic choice of some half a dozen actions . |
| 3 | Children played there instead of minding their animals which would then wander out on to planted fields . |
| 4 | When , during the first years of their friendship , at Braque 's suggestion he and Picasso stopped signing their works they were automatically emphasizing the autonomous existence of their creations . |
| 5 | For those youngsters legally driving their cars its a frustrating time . |
| 6 | During the 400 years of occupation many of the Roman soldiers married British women and upon completing their service they settled to become farmers etc . |
| 7 | Sacred to the Aboriginals of the Kimberleys , the images are revered as awesome beings who in primeval times wandered around the landscape , instructing the indigenous people in the use of weapons and tools and initiating tribal laws , rites and customs , and after completing their task they disappeared into the heavens or into the ground . |
| 8 | ( ii ) In redrafting their work they should be encouraged to think of the first draft as tentative so that they are prepared to rethink their whole approach in the light of their own critical appraisal or of their discussions with their peers or teacher . |
| 9 | Perhaps if you see anyone not using their sense you could do them , and all other windsurfers , a favour by telling them . |
| 10 | If you tell me of Sarah 's or Rachel 's or Rebecca 's nursing their children I can answer that the one drew water at a well for her father 's flocks , another baked cakes on a hearth , and another dressed savoury meat for her husband . |
| 11 | Just le lea you 're leading them home so let them pick a bit of grass and then you go on into the yard and I 'll give them the breakfast , they have their breakfast and while they 're eating their breakfast you 're doing your horse and you get finished and then you go and have yours . |
| 12 | With the roar of the jungle storm filling their ears they abandoned their bodies to the hunger of many lonely years , driving in blind , frantic rhythms towards one furious ecstasy after another . |
| 13 | Even if I hear them howling and snapping their jaws I sha n't hurry ! ’ |
| 14 | He found a team in decline , but in setting about reviving their fortunes he has found it difficult to win the sort of universal adulation Dalglish enjoyed . |
| 15 | It is true that the privilege of smaller towns was generally couched in more negative terms : by defining their consuetudines they prevented other powers — usually castellans — from arbitrary exactions . |
| 16 | that 's lining their pockets who 've they 've got more money than they know what to do with |
| 17 | They 're good men — they 're pulling their sledges themselves . |
| 18 | She 's just , that 's just pulling their mind you I did say to her the last straw was Christmas day , can you imagine like , I mean me and him did n't have to , I did n't have to stay in and cook dinner , I done it cos she was there we 'd all be together , she did n't fucking come home . |
| 19 | For those who liked cleaning their buttons there was button polish and a British parade once a year on the King 's Birthday . |
| 20 | My parents both have well-paid jobs but without selling their house they could not afford such a sum , and I doubt if many people could . |
| 21 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |
| 22 | There are no shared ‘ rules ’ governing their relationship which enable individuals to avoid dangers through correct behaviour . |
| 23 | In a letter confirming their arrangement which Scott sent on the same day , his main concern was to ensure the approval of Stanley and the India Council . |
| 24 | ‘ I will now beg leave to make some observations on the distance of the Veterinary College from the Town — first — because the Society has no rival to dread in an establishment of this nature — secondly — whether the Infirmary is situated a Mile further or nearer it will not prevent people of sense from sending their Horses there — thirdly — the resident pupils being distant from places of dissipation , it will protect their morals and they will employ their time in study . |
| 25 | However , in emphasising their dependence it is only too easy to diminish what they can and do contribute . |
| 26 | Instead of calling their Guider something quite different from Brown Owl when invited to think of a new name for her , the Pack had decided to change her name simply from Brown Owl to Brownie Owl . ’ |
| 27 | Oh , they did n't mind they were getting their money they , they were getting paid for when they were going home . |
| 28 | But in the process of renewing their legitimacy they may at the same time uphold general labour rights . |
| 29 | If children are to stop breaking their toys what should they be doing instead ? |
| 30 | I would also like , and I know this is where I 'll get problems I would if we are gon na try and get the kids into a routine over them doing their work I think the easiest routine for them to have is that you do you , you get , you have your lesson you do your homework that night and you hand it in the next day . |