Example sentences of "it [conj] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the young , rather shabbily dressed people in the pub shouted over it or craned their heads closer to hear . |
| 2 | But there was little they could do about it except wring their hands at each fresh horror in its columns , analyse its transparently partisan coverage , and point out how its competitors were dragging their standards downmarket to try to keep up with its soaraway sales . |
| 3 | Shildon said that a superior drinks carton had been invented and the MacQuillans faced the choice of buying the invention or seeing a competitor develop it and steal their market . |
| 4 | Let them get on with it and use their capabilities to the full . |
| 5 | yeah , makes you I ca n't see what 's good its doing twenty years afterwards , the people had time to think about it and use their memories for twenty years , nineteen seventy-two it happened and they 've just sort of done it . |
| 6 | Squatting down naked by the calf they stroked it and ran their small fingers through its coat . |
| 7 | Now certain teachers can control it and keep their rooms clean and tidy . |
| 8 | It would seem reasonable them , that we , as the largest users who invest least , treat the landscape with respect , and those who own it and make their living from it with fairness . |
| 9 | " Taking a spouse for granted " — in which , perhaps , something of the same reason exists — was listed by 7 per cent in respect of women and 21 per cent in respect of men ; how many men , once their wife 's attentions are taken up by child-rearing , leave them to get on with it and follow their own devices ? |
| 10 | Plenty of housing if those stupid farts at the council got round to repairing it and stopped their tenants tearing apart what they have got . |
| 11 | Identify a selection of cutlery distributors , send them one of your pieces of cutlery and ask them to match it and send their sample and yours back . |
| 12 | When they reached the safety of the pile of sand they sat on top of it and watched their brothers . |
| 13 | With their armour somewhat stained , they returned to discard it and restore their weapons . |
| 14 | A year later , a different student spread an American flag on the School 's floor and invited visitors to step on it and record their comments in a book . |
| 15 | It 's sometimes easier for them to cope if they distance themselves from it and rebuild their lives as single parents , without telling people what they 've been through . ’ |
| 16 | The determination of the effect of the rules made by regulatory bodies operating in the public law sphere on common law and equitable rights and duties depends on two factors : ( 1 ) whether the regulatory bodies have been given authority to make rules altering private law rights ; and ( 2 ) if there is such authority , whether they have in fact exercised it when making their rules . |
| 17 | They would far rather think of it as realising their strengths and weaknesses . |