Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun pl] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newco is certainly not in a position to confer any benefit on management , but rather the managers create their own opportunity by forming Newco and subscribing the initial shares in it . |
| 2 | Naturally the activists got their meeting at once . |
| 3 | Pittston has drafted in ‘ scab ’ labour to get the coal out , but the roads in these mountains are narrow and winding so the strikers drive their vehicles ahead of the coal trucks as slowly as possible . |
| 4 | So the plaintiffs lost their action . |
| 5 | The weight of development money from such a vast army of different interests behind it mean that it will dominate what used to be known as the data processing department however much the purists suck their teeth in fastidious disdain . |
| 6 | Only the priests keep their estate . |
| 7 | When the couple urged viewers to trim their fingernails before intercourse to heighten exploratory pleasures , Robin replied , ‘ That 's a Jewish technique — only the women cut their nails during intercourse . ’ |
| 8 | Although the therapist was probably correct in initially providing a chance for Pamela to express her worries to someone outside the family , she should have progressed as soon as possible to helping Pamela and her parents tackle together the problems surrounding their communication and lack of mutual trust . |
| 9 | Nevertheless the governors supported their doctors ; the Bedford Union subscription to the infirmary was discontinued , and was not resumed until some ten years later . |
| 10 | Thus the Protestants preserved their future , although it was to be one which mimicked , in smaller fashion , the tragedy of Lebanon . |
| 11 | Thereupon the appellants changed their pleas to guilty of unlawful possession and were convicted and sentenced . |
| 12 | Thus effortlessly the kings extended their realm . |
| 13 | Had the operator of the giant video screen been allowed to go on merrily replaying the more explosive moments , there could have been rioting on the terraces , where already the stewards had their work cut out . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the campaigners say their protest against what they call a refugee prison will go on . |
| 15 | And still the lawyers get their fees . |
| 16 | Gradually the macaques changed their eating habits and became largely dependent on potatoes , a food previously unknown to them , as their staple diet . |
| 17 | Even more inventive was the route by which early-season mackerel reached London , for the price dropped rapidly once the shoals began their seasonal movement up the English Channel . |
| 18 | At 6.30 pm the tropical darkness descends — like a train going into a tunnel — and all at once the crickets begin their chorus . |
| 19 | And just five minutes later the Germans booked their third-round place with a strike by Michael Zorc . |
| 20 | The Qumran monks and later the Christians derived their strength in nonconformity from the same sources which Judas the Maccabee had discovered in the desert of Judaea . |
| 21 | Now the boys have their own homes and Freda Berkeley is moving . |
| 22 | However finding the artery is very difficult , and often the whales break their own spines by their thrashing . |
| 23 | Well the men considered their stock as their own then . |
| 24 | I am taking a lesson in Class 6 in a school half-way up a mountain in an attempt to find out how well the children understand their English reader . |
| 25 | here the Lillyvicks spend their brief honeymoon . |
| 26 | Here the nomads water their flocks and the horses drink their fill when the tourists have dismounted . |
| 27 | Here the composers introduce their serenades and discuss the thoughts behind their composition . |
| 28 | Here the men cover their hair with paper caps , the women with scarves . |
| 29 | About a third said unequivocally that they would not support the repeal , and even the doubtfuls expressed their opinions in such a way as to leave no doubt about the strength of their reservations . |
| 30 | Even the boys dropped their look of unshakeable well-being and gaped . |