Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |
| 2 | You can forget old wives ' tales about it clearing up ‘ when you get married ’ or ‘ growing out of it ’ . |
| 3 | His voice seemed to fill the few inches ' space between them , bringing them even closer . |
| 4 | It was a tall , slender lady that mounted the platform , quite unlike the popular medias ' image of her . |
| 5 | Chair , I 'd like to challenge standing orders on motion three O one , an example being in the part-time workers ' qualification into it was done by a recommendation of and we therefore request that it stays on the agenda . |
| 6 | I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing . |
| 7 | Nearly three months ' worth of them — nothing before that — then , as soon as exams began : every single night I had them , and every single morning I wrote them down . |
| 8 | … must nine warriors , having nine spears , with a ten furrows ' Width between them and him , assail him and at the same time let fly at him . |
| 9 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 10 | Some recent interpretations of Greek history , and of the Greek historians ' versions of it , have suggested that there was , in fact , a gap between such ideals and the actual practice and that we should not take their own statements too literally . |
| 11 | Secretaries and have outlasted most , with 38 years ' service between them . |
| 12 | His contract is up at the end of the season , and there will be the traditional periodic reports of other clubs ' interest in him . |
| 13 | Like affection , status relates to our feelings about other peoples ' feelings for us . |
| 14 | Two R-A-F bases with more than a hundred years ' service between them have closed as part of defence cuts . |
| 15 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
| 16 | And I know this presents the county council with some problems I do n't know currently what the the local authorities ' view on it is . |
| 17 | There were four of them ; they had shared the dead youths ' clothing between them . |