Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] the [noun prp] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that was how I came to sit at the Gorengs ' dining-table with Master Goreng and Longman 's standard conversational texts before us . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I have , have n't I , ’ he had agreed cheerfully , clearly pleased at the speedy , efficient response to the phone calls he 'd made from the Meadowses ' ranch house the day before . |
| 3 | He had kept away from the house , not wanting to intrude on the Bonnards ' private grief . |
| 4 | And we know that Gundulph built here the first buildings which became known as the Bishops ' Palace , and it is most probable that when building his Manor House he rebuilt the church . |
| 5 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
| 6 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
| 7 | The Quebec government ordered the Army to dismantle the barricades on Aug. 27 , having refused to accede to the Mohawks ' additional demands that they be treated as a sovereign nation during negotiations and be granted immunity from prosecution . |
| 8 | Seb could have gone to the Hankses ' cottage and perhaps worked on his learning with Carrie , but that would have meant paying a visit to Anna in her sick room and listening to his mother chatting about the plans for the wedding . |
| 9 | Gould grew to depend on the Aborigines ' local knowledge to find birds that were new to the Western world and to learn about their habits . |
| 10 | Capron was also the fifth face in the photograph that Urquhart had wanted to take from the Nowaks ' house . |
| 11 | The nominal subject of such quarrels is of course secondary to the couple 's need to hurt each other , but in this case it appeared to centre on the Parsons ' childlessness . |
| 12 | And at Musselburgh it was Ramsay 's turn to say farewell , much as he was tempted to agree to the Randolphs ' urgings and proceed with them over Forth to Doune of Menteith , so much more secure in present circumstances than would be Dalwolsey ; for nothing was surer than that the English would be up to Lothian and Edinburgh before long , and Dalwolsey not far off their path . |
| 13 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 14 | Urquhart had come to the Nowaks ' house , Blanche thought , for the same purpose as her — an illegal search for clues about Marek 's past activities . |
| 15 | And then he discomfited her utterly by keeping that silence until he had turned into the Hamiltons ' driveway , switched off the engine , and opened the boot to retrieve her luggage . |
| 16 | Maggie had been stewing meat , and now she rolled out pastry with a heavy glass roller like the one Mrs Martin had used in the Bradfords ' kitchen . |
| 17 | Remembering all the dinners he had eaten at the Dysons ' when he had been living on his own , Bob invited Morris back to his flat one evening so that Tessa could cook dinner for him in his turn . |
| 18 | Maisie had moved out of her parents ' house and come to stay at the Wilsons ' shortly after her mother 's funeral , a multi-denominational affair dominated by the headmaster of the Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys ' School ( Day ) . |
| 19 | Funding for supply cover is available within the DES grants to LEAs for INSET , but in every case the demand for placements has outstripped the funds available , particularly given the competing demands that have existed within the LEAs ' in-service programmes . |