Example sentences of "their [noun] [conj] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I could make , I could do their hair and do their clothes and their face and I 'd get about a hundred pounds , more than that . |
| 2 | Terrestrial amphibians respire through their skin and to do this must keep it moist with mucus . |
| 3 | Taylor said : ‘ Of course the players must now go back to their clubs and do their jobs , while all I have to focus on is our next match . |
| 4 | Next come the older ‘ Town Boys ’ who are content to rest on their laurels and do not usually become involved in the aggro . |
| 5 | When Belegar arrived he watched the Dwarfs rebuild their citadel but did not attack at first . |
| 6 | They have earned their freedom and do n't know how to spend it . |
| 7 | Weber acknowledged their existence but did not discuss them . |
| 8 | They were concious of their decision and did n't seem to put them in a great dilemna |
| 9 | She tied the strings of their aprons and did up their buttons , and she sat between them at their bread and milk breakfast which was at half past seven . |
| 10 | This was also carried on a division ; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision . |
| 11 | He had a long stick which he would place under their legs when doing the high kick to indicate where it should reach . |
| 12 | The factors are keen to keep open their own channels to their clients and do not wish to become too dependent on their parent banks for referrals . |
| 13 | There are women who live with their husbands and they hate their husbands and do it once a month so their Amex cards do n't get cancelled . |
| 14 | People nod their heads but do n't dance . |
| 15 | This is quite important because when a child in the third form the kids are making up their mind whether to do science or not . |
| 16 | They drank their tea and did not talk to each other . |
| 17 | The men milked with their hats low over their eyes and did not see her . |
| 18 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 19 | And that 's something which you have to get across to young people , and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this , they 're involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities , and they 're less inclined to think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 20 | He has also convinced the Scots he cares far more about their future than did his predecessor , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 21 | They do n't do anything : it 's their currencies that do things . |
| 22 | A magazine that virtually invented the ‘ designer ’ lifestyle of Soho and Covent Garden , but which operates from the light-industrial slums of London 's Farringdon Road ; which obsessively dissects the most costly clothing , but whose editor , Sheryl Garratt , is a friendly size 14 in sloppy shirt and leggings ; a paper that lists 40 smart writers on its masthead — but buys in their columns and does n't employ them on its staff . |
| 23 | Housewives experience more monotony , fragmentation and speed in their work than do workers in the factory . |
| 24 | As table 6.3 shows , housewives experience more monotony , fragmentation and speed in their work than do workers in a factory . |
| 25 | A survey I carried out in Brighton last summer indicated that unemployed men report themselves to be much less satisfied with their lives than do employed men . |
| 26 | Oh yeah absol you take the political power away so that they will have to reduce their rents and do all of that but you 're not challenging the landlord system . |
| 27 | Obviously this sense of guilt , this idea that I had betrayed a friendship , spurred me on when I got older , not only to study birds but also actively to promote their well-being and do what I could to prevent their numbers from dwindling . |
| 28 | At a time when fashion , like much British culture , reflected predominantly middle-class values , and to escape these students were tapering their trousers and doing everything they could to make dull clothes more interesting , Minton 's stylish Bohemianism was much admired : he pioneered a taste for donkey jackets and had a flair for combining well-cut cast-offs and bow ties with eccentric items bought from Carnaby Street which had not yet become fashionable . |
| 29 | Whilst you 've suggested everybody else has a right to their opinion and does n't make yours the solution ! |
| 30 | Other crowned heads enjoyed less smooth organization on their travels than did Queen Victoria . |