Example sentences of "it was theirs " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insects were the first creatures to colonise the air and for a hundred million years it was theirs alone . |
| 2 | I do n't think it was theirs , but it served its purpose . ’ |
| 3 | If I was too embarrassed , too full of shame to go and see them , it was n't just my fault ; it was theirs too , because of the way they 'd brought me up ( God , I thought I 'd stopped using that excuse when I left Lochgair Primary School ) . |
| 4 | It was theirs . |
| 5 | Because it was theirs , he knew how to shut the door , although it did not fit very well , without any irritating noise . |
| 6 | And it was theirs , she considered , not simply Gordon 's . |
| 7 | ‘ I can only draw from this fact that the Careers Service did not destroy their copies of the incorrect documents and that it was theirs that was passed to the county councillors and Dr Ashok Kumar ( the Labour candidate for Langbaurgh ) , ’ says the statement . |
| 8 | Here they were , a nomadic people they had fled from Egypt from the , from the bondage and tyranny of oppression , and God had provided a land which was flowing with milk and honey , it was theirs ! |