Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun pl] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The birds on Fardine 's shoulders manoeuvred their way down to the edge of the can where they sat on its rim , greedily pecking at the grains . |
| 2 | Then Fif 's mandroids pushed their way through , and in the melee I managed to scuttle on hands and knees among all the legs before getting up and getting myself and my aching face away from there . |
| 3 | The facts speak otherwise — first because Mr Lee is no longer exempted from attacks by his own Kuomintang colleagues ; second because the students and the opposition , which won 40% of the vote in December 's legislative and local elections , have forced Taiwan 's rulers to seek their advice in mapping the island 's future . |
| 4 | PAKISTAN 'S batsmen hit their way out of a recent slump with a blazing performance against Queensland at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday . |
| 5 | Edward 's parents sent their condolences , attended the ceremony at chapel and graveside , and Mrs Thomas visited the widow . |
| 6 | Turbosoft 's proprietors left their trading premises and home address on 14 February , leaving no indication of where they could be contacted . |
| 7 | Spenser 's texts increase their expressive power within subsequent literary cultures , finding their own power increases by being reflected in later texts which have channelled these Spenserian texts for their own uses . |
| 8 | Rincewind 's arms screamed their agony at him . |
| 9 | Shanaz 's relations asked their MP to intervene , and while he made representations to the Minister with special responsibility for Immigration ( Shirley Summerskill , Britain 's representative at the United Nations Status of Women Conference ) she was kept in detention . |
| 10 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |
| 11 | While recognizing Tindall as a " diligent student " , and even " capable researcher " , the work is " vitiated … by the author 's frankly avowed purpose in writing it " ; his claim , that is , that Bunyan 's writings owe their nature to the social , economic , and sectarian conditions of the author , and the literary conventions of a " company of mechanicks " . |
| 12 | As Ibn Fayoud 's guests took their seats for dinner , he introduced himself to Kelly with edgy formality . |
| 13 | In the first season after the new track was installed , Harvard 's runners increased their speeds by an average of 3 per cent . |
| 14 | We are talking here about 20-year-old Alison McGrandles , who will be in the vital pivot berth as Scotland 's women play their first international — against Ireland at Raeburn Place , Edinburgh , tomorrow ( 2pm ) . |
| 15 | A postmodernist option , which we have encountered briefly in Sukenick 's fiction and now seen in Barth 's protagonists composing their story in opposition to political forces devoted to secrecy ( to a silent plot in other words ) , is developed to extraordinarily intricate lengths in the novels of Thomas Pynchon . |
| 16 | Celtic 's players have their minds on Saturday 's Old Firm league match at Ibrox . |
| 17 | A ring on the doorbell and Maria 's tights hiss their way across the hall . |
| 18 | Brian Clough 's men earned their second trip to Wembley this season and their sixth in the last four years thanks to Irishman Roy Keane 's stunning extra-time header on an afternoon of high drama at rain-soaked White Hart Lane . |
| 19 | Roy 's fans show their support . |
| 20 | Zimbabwe 's Chimbima gets an unwelcome leg-up from a Namibian tackler as Andy Ferreira 's men gave their Southern African rivals a fright in a hard-fought quarter-final encounter , leading 10–0 at half-time before eventually succumbing 16–10 . |
| 21 | The colonial period ushered in an era of foreign investment which gave the large scale trading houses of Europe a hold on the development of local economies allowing little room for Africa 's entrepreneurs to develop their skills . |
| 22 | The latest published figures for Lloyd 's show £575m ( $950m ) of pre-tax profit in 1987 ( Lloyd 's syndicates close their accounts only after three years ) , down slightly on the record profits of 1986 . |
| 23 | Also , as the claim of executive privilege involved constitutional issues , Greene ordered Poindexter 's lawyers to disclose their defence strategy for the forthcoming trial to Reagan and the Justice Department so that they could decide whether to proceed with their objections . |
| 24 | ‘ Thus , ’ as J. A. Burrow remarks , ‘ as Duke Humphrey 's guests worked their way through this very unpenitential fish banquet , they were invited to see in it the four courses of their own life 's feast . ’ |
| 25 | Hugo 's friends fetched their horses and followed him . |
| 26 | Aurangzeb 's musketeers held their fire until the last minute , then discharged their entire artillery . |
| 27 | To summarise , Wirral began the 1980s with a steady flow of opioids available from both legal and street sources and it was at this time that the majority of Wirral 's users began their habit . |
| 28 | Should we not therefore expect God 's gifts to have their satanic counterpart ? |
| 29 | Even those of us who have had a sneaking sympathy for Marina 's parents find their inability to accept their grandchild hard to comprehend . |
| 30 | The grant is to be used by the Lord 's Taverners to continue their support and encouragement for young cricketers in state schools . |