Example sentences of "they [vb past] be [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they stared at each other in silence and saw into each other 's heart , sensing that each was a little afraid of what was to come , and of the powers that they felt were in their wings and across their lives and which had brought them together . |
| 2 | ‘ Everything they did was for their business . |
| 3 | Stirling was puzzled as to why the place was not a scene of feverish activity , but while they had been about their business Rommel was in the process of retaking Benghazi . |
| 4 | Although there was no hope that her own son and his intimates would forgo their day 's sport , there were those less inclined for the hunt than they had been in their younger days . |
| 5 | They had seen little of Rosemary Talbot during the last four months , so it was n't until they had been in their flat for a week and Leith went across the hall to invite Rosemary and her husband over for a celebratory drink that Leith learned that Derek Talbot no longer lived there . |
| 6 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |