Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Encouraged by their interpretations of each others ' dreams they set off against Humbaba to cut down his cedar forests .
2 Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) .
3 He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit .
4 In both characters ' lives it was mainly men who had oppressed them , for Phyllisia it was her father who preferred her sister , Ruby .
5 If you care about changing women 's lives you 've got to consider that Clare , you ca n't just throw Mrs Ramsay out — ’
6 As the sells his beers to the free trade and to national brewers ' pubs he has noticed both the swingeing price increases imposed by the brewing giants and the reaction among their tenants .
7 Delia Cope believes by listening to Black women 's poems she is doing us a favour .
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