Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He served an apprenticeship with the London bookseller Abel Roper from 1 August 1644 until 28 June 1652 , when he became free of the Stationers ' Company . |
| 2 | William became free of the Masons ' Company in 1663 . |
| 3 | Daniel became free of the Haberdashers ' Company in 1632 , and apprenticed Samuel to the same trade in 1634 . |
| 4 | At the expiry of his term he became free of the Clothworkers ' Company on 7 August 1771 . |
| 5 | He was apprenticed 2 December 1712 to Samuel Wastell , a London goldsmith , and made free of the Goldsmiths ' Company by service on 16 June 1720 . |
| 6 | It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip . |
| 7 | Paul , who may himself have been trained as a silver-chaser , was apprenticed in 1784 to William Rock of Westminster , another victualler , becoming free of the Vintners ' Company in 1791 . |
| 8 | They had two sons , Thomas , who died at Leghorn , and Edward ( c .1681–1734 ) , who carried on the family business , becoming free of the Masons ' Company in 1702 and master in 1719 . |
| 9 | Top two-year-old Sayyedati is also considered doubtful for the Fillies ' Mile . |
| 10 | Mrs Scrivener was sharply rebuked , not least by the Commission President , Jacques Delors , and she has been instructed to stand firm against the governments ' proposal today and tell ministers to think again . |
| 11 | He also shared Rakovsky 's dread of the Soviet Union becoming fragmented by the Republics ' achieving independence . |
| 12 | Their economy and population were both suffering , but also they were becoming wary of the Dzhungars ' increasing strength . |
| 13 | Rundell was made free of the Drapers ' Company by redemption on 15 May 1771 . |
| 14 | Bate was made free of the Spectaclemakers ' Company by redemption in 1814 . |
| 15 | In this way , the personality of the teacher and the level of his or her skill are made central to the Tyes ' proposed change strategy . |
| 16 | Such payments accorded the payers with rights of exemption from the interference of bishops and hence were thought worthwhile from the payers ' point of view . |
| 17 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 18 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 19 | In ‘ Crumble Hall ’ Urs'la addresses Roger who is sprawled unconscious across the servants ' table in a speech reminiscent of Gay 's ‘ Tuesday ’ eclogue : |
| 20 | Timothy Gedge had become drunk in the Abigails ' bungalow . |
| 21 | And I feel sorry for the officers ' families who have to know that every time they go to work they 're in this sort of danger . |
| 22 | It seems clear from the overseers ' accounts for the late 18th century that two of the four adult Titford brothers were living as occupants of houses once held as leasehold properties by their better-off ancestors . |
| 23 | Initially flattering for the recognition it brought , the vast and continuous bundles of fan request mail eventually proved intrusive to the artists ' private lives as their characters entered public domain . |
| 24 | For present purposes it does not matter whether the court has no power to order specific treatment to be given contrary to the doctors ' will or has power but will in practice not exercise it in such circumstances . |
| 25 | However , Paletz and his colleagues remain critical of the journalists ' over-reliance on official sources of information about the riot ( i.e. the mayor and chief of police ) which helped to frame the event as the successful police suppression of a naked spree of lawlessness . |
| 26 | Farming communities , such as are found in Central Wales , benefitted a great deal from the advent of the railway : it meant cheaper raw materials , but at the same time the value of farm produce increased due to the railways ' ease of access to the more affluent urban markets . |
| 27 | Facts : the appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrates ' court in April , 1990 to an offence of receiving and was ordered to perform 180 hours community service . |
| 28 | I had missed , early morning , the VIC 32 , one of the few working puffers kept afloat by an enthusiasts ' club . |
| 29 | However , the combined effects of the recession and greater competition caused by the opening of new hotels in nearby Telford , together with a narrow marketing plan , have resulted in bedroom occupancy falling short of the Cassons ' achieved target of 50% . |
| 30 | It remains unanswered from the patients ' point of view . |