Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun prp] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian did not like parties , according to Alix , and had expressed fears that he would know nobody at the Headleands ' , but this was not so , for he had already engaged himself with his habitual courtesy with old Sir Anthony . |
| 2 | At four o'clock Louise arrived on her scooter and parked it outside the Bristows ' council house . |
| 3 | He took the view that his agents , the defendants , should have told him of the Perots ' interest in both properties , being material information relating to his sale of Caliban . |
| 4 | When Mrs Gaskell introduces us to the Bartons ' lodging , we supposedly see it through the eyes of Mrs Barton . |
| 5 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 6 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 7 | And when a fellow American expatriate , Ethel Sands , saw him at the Richmonds ' in Wiltshire , he seemed " peaceful and happy now , after his stormy life … " |
| 8 | Their opponents , lacking the shrewd tactical direction and sense of purpose that Chapman provided , were slow to arm themselves against the Cobblers ' swift , sudden onslaughts . |