Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] ' [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Just as she was bombarded by voices telling her to accept the doctors ' recommendations she discovered that she was pregnant . |
2 | When they visited the Pipers ' home they recognized the source of John 's description in every detail . |
3 | From an aerial view one can still trace the travellers ' ways it had in 1245 when a market grant was made . |
4 | Where it licked the Wizards ' Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour , octarine ; where its outriders found their way into the vats and oil stores all along Merchant Street it progressed in a series of blazing fountains and explosions ; in the streets of the perfume blenders it burned with a sweetness ; where it touched bundles of rare and dry herbs in the storerooms of the drugmasters it made men go mad and talk to God . |
5 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
6 | When the TUC expelled the electricians ' union it was Jordan who determinedly merged his engineering union with theirs , to the fury of the hard left . |
7 | Years ago you used to have the boys ' service you see ? |
8 | Before we learned the boys ' names they were referred to as the fair boy ; a positive attribute , and the fat boy ; a physical defect . |
9 | The limits of critical periods have not been found to be as immutable as was formerly thought , for by manipulating the animals ' experience they can be extended considerably . |