Example sentences of "their [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the women in the village had dressed in their best clothes with their hair freshly oiled and plaited , their earrings , nose-rings and necklaces of Indian silver rupees washed and glinting in the sunlight . |
| 2 | Undoubtedly Kingston 's favourite verb , it is used again and again to describe the alacrity with which his heroes rush into adventure : by contrast , their enemies often scamper as well , but away from danger rather than towards it , thus implying the superiority of the British race which is taken for granted in the yarns of the last century . |
| 3 | Many of the illustrious are there too , their signatures sometimes smudged or rain-spotted , but nonetheless memorable for that : Hobbs , Sandham , and Strudwick ; Nichols and O'Connor ; Hammond and Charlie Parker ; Hallows , Watson and Makepeace ; Freeman and Woolley ( the short and the tall ) ; the 1928 West Indians , including Learie Constantine ; and the ‘ All-Indian ’ tourists of 1932 . |
| 4 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 5 | Yeah , that unfortunately the majority of people say you 'll get money in a couple of days , then the person would start to argue , because they need their money now to go and buy their shopping . |
| 6 | Every other farm in the dale was blessed with children able to share the work but all they had was elderly folk who did their level best to help but were just too old and infirm . |
| 7 | And when we say , or the A N C and democratic organizations say , that you need a five percent vote to cross the hurdle to get in to the assembly and then you , you , you 're a member of their parliament so to say and then what do we hear ? |
| 8 | Their images rarely arrest and their rhythms sound clumsy both in sung and spoken delivery . |
| 9 | All in all , a great day and night was had by all and the hygiene northern area sales teams returned to their branches fully motivated and ready to make 1992/3 their best sales year ever . |
| 10 | The kings shook their heads sadly saying that they could not wait even a moment longer . |
| 11 | The Roman army was now committed to establishing a frontier in difficult terrain and their losses steadily mounted until Scapula , worn out with bitterness and frustration , collapsed and died . |
| 12 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 13 | She looked at the reflection of Fergus again , as he pulled the wheel ; the car tunnelled into the forest , the wall of trees on either side a blur , their greenness more remembered than seen . |
| 14 | They are solitary creatures who would happily spend most of their lives either eating or sleeping . |
| 15 | However , their positions are threatened and the impermanence and insecurity of their lives suddenly revealed when the ‘ hinds ’ and farmers begin to demand reform of the bondager system . |
| 16 | These mountains are attractive when seen from a distance , their summits neatly carved and the connecting ridges gracefully curved , but they lose their allure on close acquaintance . |
| 17 | In the case of traffic injuries , the temporal proximity of putative causes and their effects strongly suggests that a large part of the fall in mortality from this cause is attributable to centrally coordinated action . |
| 18 | Councillor Willie McCafferty said that a lot of hot air was being blown about the issue , and that they should n't hold a seminar until they were actually sure mining would go ahead , adding , ‘ A lot of people here will have their pockets well lined and I make no apologies for that ’ . |
| 19 | People put together their bids only to find that the work invariably stays with the in-house team . |
| 20 | But their laughter soon stopped when they saw Sir Hugo 's horse running wildly towards them without a rider . |
| 21 | By our definition these children had recovered , but their parents still reported that 5% of recovered children had stool withholding , 9% had abdominal pain , and 24% occasionally passed large stools . |
| 22 | The early joint appearances of the Prince and Princess of Wales and their travels together confirmed that the public approved of the Prince 's choice . |
| 23 | Some already had their boats fully rigged and ready to go — but the temptation to leave immediately was easily outweighed by the transparency of their predatory motives , and our allegiance to the Keraing and his wife . |
| 24 | In principle it is impossible because skills are by their nature totally integrated and interactive so that they can not meaningfully be separated into independent parts . |
| 25 | Their tourist forward Fairbank and old campaigner Hobbs took advantage as Wigan relaxed by contributing some rugged runs but the team lacks an attacking edge . |
| 26 | Several more sheep jumped wildly into the air , their stomachs horribly swollen and their muscles stiff , then died . |
| 27 | As more people live to ages of 85 plus , the age of their carers also increases and elderly carers will be less able to cope . |
| 28 | In addition , when cattle got lost , or were eaten by wild animals , their owners sometimes assumed that they had been stolen and instituted a prosecution against known cattle thieves . |
| 29 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 30 | Only as they were put into operation , piecemeal , were their assumptions clarified , and their aims consciously formulated and defended by regulationists . |