Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while it became part of the nomes ' world , so that when it stopped the silence came as a shock . |
| 2 | In the mid-1980s it became part of the electricians ' union the EEPTU . |
| 3 | When civil war broke out in Ireland she became president of the Women 's Prisoners ' Defence League . |
| 4 | , George Robert ( 1847–1922 ) , writer , was born at 8 Newton Terrace , Kennington , London , 2 September 1847 , the eldest of the six children of George Sims , wine merchant , cabinet manufacturer , and plate-glass factor , and his wife Louisa Amelia Ann Stevenson , who became president of the Women 's Provident League . |
| 5 | A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee . |
| 6 | Excavation of one tomb has also shed light on the Egyptians ' sexual mores . |
| 7 | , Frances Mary ( 1827–1894 ) , educator and founding figure in the girls ' public day-school movement in England , was born in London 16 August 1827 , the eldest of ten children ( of whom she and four brothers were survivors ) of Robert William Buss , painter and etcher , and his wife Frances Fleetwood . |
| 8 | UN officials had reportedly been negotiating with Somali clan leaders to obtain approval for the troops ' dispatch . |
| 9 | Another way of gaining insight into the students ' predicament is to analyse how we ourselves ( native and non-native speaker ) set about tackling pieces of English discourse which pose comprehension problems for us . |
| 10 | The inclusion on the album of two seven-minute songs amongst the other three-minute pop nuggets point to The Stairs ' keenness to gravitate from 1965 towards 1969 . |
| 11 | He was in a position in which he would have every opportunity of gaining knowledge of the customers ' business and influence over the customers ' . |
| 12 | Kleiman suggested that this was because his shadowing task had occupied space in the readers ' " working memory " — a kind of short-term memory useful in retaining numbers and words for just a few seconds . |
| 13 | Our first step is to obtain information about the hens ' own point of view . |
| 14 | I found Bunny in the girls ' kitchen the next morning trying to find something to eat that was n't raw carrot , muesli or Ryvita and something to drink other than herbal tea . |
| 15 | They were also put off the idea of French food by smelling garlic on the stagehands ' breath . |
| 16 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 17 | Owing to a rainfall of extraordinary violence , the stream overflowed at the pond , and a great volume of water , which would normally have been carried off by the stream , poured down a public street into the town and caused damage to the plaintiffs ' property . |
| 18 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 19 | There would probably be no need to transfer substantial assets of the business into the new company and the appropriate step might be to allocate part of the solicitors ' clientele to the company partner to establish it as having a regular practice . |
| 20 | dressing Tiger for the dolls ' pram . |
| 21 | In another development , six of the 11 executive members who voted against the motion expressing confidence in the MPs ' decision , stressed their opposition to the argument being continued in public . |
| 22 | Crossley nodded and looked round again , as if seeking inspiration from the children 's slides and climbing-frames . |
| 23 | We note that it came top of the apostles ' agenda when the members of the brand new church ‘ devoted themselves to the apostles ’ teaching' ( Acts 2:2 ) . |
| 24 | An attempt to regain control over the peasants ' movement |
| 25 | It was Nottinghamshire 's Marc Powell who secured victory in the Men 's U-14 event , overcoming the Wirral 's nationally top five-ranked player Daniel Curtis in a final which saw both players display a great deal of spirit , skill and flair . |
| 26 | The plan has provoked a fierce debate within France , with President Mitterrand 's wife , Danielle , leading the protest , and Environment Minister Brice Lalonde expressing concern over the bears ' fate . |
| 27 | Did the nurse show understanding of the patients ' needs ? |
| 28 | The audit committee , which is comprised solely of independent directors , reviews the group 's internal controls and financial results with the external auditors , agrees the scope of the auditors ' work and monitors implementation of the auditors ' recommendations . |
| 29 | By suggesting or initiating such activities , the teacher legitimates collaboration in the children 's eyes . |
| 30 | Raymond was witty and unusual and from time to time he was invited to drink coffee at the artists ' cafés . |