Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King was much intrigued to see them in the Dolls ' House and enquired who gave her permission . |
| 2 | He placed the course in what was , to our minds , a very reasonable perspective , saying that we were here to teach our particular specialities , but obviously there would have to be give and take , in that we would adapt ourselves to the students ' needs , and they would adapt themselves in turn to the sort of thing which we felt capable of teaching . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is certainly not without significance that the Association always maintained a link with the new youth movement by aligning itself with the Boys ' Brigade and playing an active role in the formation of the Scouts . |
| 5 | 5.2 Rule 15(a) — Information as to who has conduct of the case The client needs to know who within the solicitors ' office will be dealing with the claim and , if more than one person , who those people are . |
| 6 | But because he accepts something from the philosophers ' view , a view which leads to scepticism , he himself runs the risk of it . |
| 7 | Her mother had telephoned her at the nurses ' home where she had been living and had asked her if she could come home . |
| 8 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |
| 9 | He took it along to Stationers ' Hall on 2 November 1691 and entered it in the Stationers ' Register to establish copyright of a sort : |
| 10 | Neo-Malthusianism was further attacked in ways already discussed in Chapter 2 , but also drew what in the authors ' opinion was a misplaced and utopian analysis from the Marxist literature based solely on a critique of bourgeois ideology , without serious attention being given to the effects of rapid population growth in any social formation , transitional to socialism or towards any other social order . |
| 11 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 12 | Robin Smith 's power play against India at Perth ( Week 1 ) and the demolition job England did on Pakistan at Adelaide ( Week 2 ) put them into the favourites ' spot at the same time as Australia absorbed one stunning setback after another , alleviated only by the thrilling one-run victory over India at Brisbane . |
| 13 | In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers . |
| 14 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 15 | At four o'clock Louise arrived on her scooter and parked it outside the Bristows ' council house . |
| 16 | Perhaps he kept such books at Castle Street , or read them in the Advocates ' Library . |
| 17 | Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder . |
| 18 | If Mr. Howell 's argument is correct , the school , even though over-subscribed , could not have adopted these sibling and proximity criteria in deciding which of the applicants ' parental preferences were to succeed and which fail . |
| 19 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Every hour after the operation , a nurse took his temperature and plotted it on a progress ' graph . |
| 22 | When Mrs Gaskell introduces us to the Bartons ' lodging , we supposedly see it through the eyes of Mrs Barton . |
| 23 | It is regrettable that the judge heard nothing from the appellants ' side , despite the fact that they were represented — no oral evidence , no affidavit evidence , not even an address in mitigation . |
| 24 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
| 25 | She followed her to the ladies ' washroom . |
| 26 | Grumbling , Tracey followed her to the non-smokers ' seats . |
| 27 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 28 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 29 | She could not avoid her in the nurses ' home dining-room that night , however . |
| 30 | Spartak will familiarise themselves with the Reds ' stadium tonight , but they are confident they can reach the quarter-finals despite facing a passionate Liverpool public . |