Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [verb] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although their reasons differ and their perspectives on literature conflict , the élitists like Bantock and Holbrook and a radical like Searle face English teachers with proposals based on similar assumptions . |
| 2 | More prisoners of war sat in a car park under guard , their legs crossed and their hands tied behind their backs . |
| 3 | She was a wild , tempestuous gypsy as their legs entwined and they rolled across the bed , first one on top , then the other , their open mouths meeting rapaciously . |
| 4 | The veterans were dispersed , their homes burned and their camp destroyed . |
| 5 | ‘ Nine o'clock sharp , ’ she agreed through her teeth , and as she turned her head their eyes locked and she felt afraid , very afraid , because she knew he was stronger . |
| 6 | Their eyes met and they looked away from one another . |
| 7 | Their eyes met and he laughed a little . |
| 8 | He urged her face up , until their eyes met and he smiled , showing a glimpse of even , white teeth . |
| 9 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 10 | Their eyes met and she dropped her head guiltily before managing to say , ‘ Do n't worry , Peter . |
| 11 | Their eyes glittered and their branches reached out . |
| 12 | They had composed their faces , but their eyes sparkled and their mouths yearned to smile . |
| 13 | The packers , their eyes closed and their bodies tight against the mules while the firing was going on , smiled at John Russell and laughed with relief at their fear when it was over . |
| 14 | Their eyes rolled and their manes tossed , as , snorting and whinnying , they tried to bite each other . |
| 15 | Stress affects posture : often people look slumped , their shoulders sag and they hunch their back ; alternatively they hold themselves very rigid so that the muscles of the shoulders and neck especially are set ; their face takes on a fixed expression with perhaps staring eyes or clenched jaw ; muscular tics and involuntary twitches can arise ; for some people cramp is stress-related . |
| 16 | Their udders dropped and their teats became larger and more pendulous so that when they lay down in their stalls the vital milk-producing organ was pushed away to one side into the path of the neighbouring animals . |
| 17 | The rest of her sentence died on her lips as Penry took her in his arms with a sound somewhere between a sigh and a groan as their lips met and their bodies flowed together in a deep , primeval need which united them almost at once in a storm of love and need as fierce as the one which raged , unheard , outside . |
| 18 | It came in mid-morning , and brought them all slipping through the branches and the coarse grass to lie hidden on either side the narrowing of the path with their bows strung and their shafts fitted , listening for the soft thudding of hooves that came as a reverberation along the ground rather than a sound . |
| 19 | Well that 's it , erm , like she , I do n't think she makes a fortune , she only makes enough probably for food and that , he does n't make that much off his dad because his dad 's a stingy thing , but he does the taxing as well and he does foreigners , but erm , you know , like they 've got their bills to pay and everything , they do n't economize on anything , they have massive gas bills and |
| 20 | Eventually they reach the shallow stretches where their parents spawned and they lie there resting , their heads pointing upstream , flank to flank and so thick that the pale sand of the river bed is hidden by the black of their backs . |
| 21 | For all their impressive size , they were in a sorry state : their courses choked with silt , their beds cracked and their banks decayed by centuries of long , hard Martian winters . |
| 22 | He plays with the quintet in a quite different sense from that in which they play at revolutionary politics ; though , bemused by him , set at odds , their purposes deflected and their fantasies fed and coaxed along , it does n't seem like playing to them . |
| 23 | Independent transport companies that have sought to win business away from existing contractors in the Fulton market have had their lorries damaged and their workers hammered with loading hooks . |
| 24 | Contributions to their efforts snowballed and they were handsomely supported by donations of superb prizes for fund-raising events , including a holiday for four in Tenerife , a cricket bat autographed by the England team and a 1-iron from top professional golfer David Gilford which he used in winning the Dunhill World Cup . |
| 25 | Drivers are professionals who are employed to race where their teams compete and I do n't think they would be penalised for doing their jobs . ’ |
| 26 | The least powerful fell first , their brains burned and their flesh stripped to the bones by the corrosive power they had unleashed . |
| 27 | Eddie , Catherine and B. ( but especially Eddie ) must all decide where their priorities lie and what is most important to them — Family ? |
| 28 | Their skin burned , their features dissolved and they were left faceless . |
| 29 | ‘ Crossman tended to presume that all those he came across , at work or socially , liked nothing better than to have their intellectual sacred cows challenged , their arguments questioned and their assumptions subjected to loud investigation . ’ |
| 30 | The only squeak of protest so far has come from a Law Society spokesman , Mr Jeremy Allen , who is also a Nottingham solicitor : ’ An enormous number of people had had their journeys interrupted and it has caused them concern . |