Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every hour after the operation , a nurse took his temperature and plotted it on a progress ' graph . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My parish priest had always dreamed of building outstation churches and , with the luxury of two curates , here was his chance to convert one into a builders ' labourer ! |
| 4 | Plans to turn it into a members ' club had begun long before 1985 as the Crown alleged , said Mr Cinnamond . |
| 5 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |