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

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1 But a late Rangers ' free-kick hit him on his nearly-bald spot and bounced kindly for Dennis Bailey to rob United of a point .
2 many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions .
3 The belief that working class men would choose idleness if at all possible and that married women 's work provided them with the opportunity was particularly strong during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries .
4 Fierce Eyes ' spear took it in the shoulder .
5 Two hours ' climbing brought us to the narrow ledge from which one entered Antony 's cave through a cleft in the cliff-face .
6 There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house .
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