Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she suggested that I should just come and listen , and for politeness ' sake I agreed . |
| 2 | For appearances ' sake I maintained the fiction that I was setting up an independent enterprise in the EFL field . |
| 3 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 4 | During our efforts to spread our ideas about girls ' work we encountered much anti-lesbianism , while at the same time we began to be challenged about our racism by Black women , among whom were some out Black lesbians . |
| 5 | Mr Welsh said that in response to reporters ' questions he had refused to rule out any tactic because the party had not decided what its strategy on civil disobedience might be . |
| 6 | At Engineers ' Hall we listened to experts like D. A. D. Reeve , chief executive of the Severn Trent Water Authority , D. Gaulter , director general of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors , and W. T. Devenay , director of water , Strathclyde Regional Council . |
| 7 | As the transfer was not at arms ' length I had to obtain an estimate of the market value of the house and forward this to the Inland Revenue Stamps Office . |