Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has had a chance to air their views about what should be done with young offenders — everyone , that is , except the young people themselves . |
| 2 | The design task set in this test has some non-mathematical features and it was used in an exercise with some groups of teachers to obtain their views on what should be marked . |
| 3 | In Cnut 's reign those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates to whoever could provide the money due on them . |
| 4 | That applies as much to hon. Members opposite , to whose arguments for improving the system under their regime I look forward , as to other hon. Members with their proposals about what should be done about it . |
| 5 | Whatever they could stick their noses into they would , like telling you off if you had more than eight photos on your pin board . |
| 6 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |
| 7 | Different people kept chipping in with their ideas of what would fire the national imagination sufficiently to get the people to the polling booths . |
| 8 | By having a friend to share their problems with they would feel less isolated and could learn how to cope . |
| 9 | On behalf of the Opposition , and indeed the whole House , I wish to express our sympathy to the victims and their families of what can only be described as a crime against humanity . |
| 10 | He agreed with Tuttle that the Laetoli creatures were not curling their toes under which would be one way to suggest that proof of compatibility — and one species — is based on a composite foot spanning both time and species . |
| 11 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 12 | The second is more concerned with formative needs , that is to inform pupils and their teachers of what might be needed for the pupils to progress further in their learning . |
| 13 | Labour leader John Smith told Mr Major : ‘ I am sure that the whole House will share the feeling of sadness which you have expressed and will also share the hope that a greater degree of privacy might result for the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children in what would be a difficult time for any family . ’ |