Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] ' [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It meant that my mother 's workload greatly increased , but with my uncles ' help we struggled on . |
| 2 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
| 3 | In their friends ' eyes it would have been unreasonably proprietorial of him not to have released her with a minimum of fuss . |
| 4 | We go on being as good , or better so that in our customers ' eyes we are always their Company of the Year — every year . |
| 5 | As long as you live in your parents ' home you are a child , their child , and they will treat you as such . |
| 6 | The women ended up having to negotiate everything through their husbands , and when they were expected to work for nothing on their husbands ' plots they refused and demanded full payment . |