Example sentences of "[prep] the [det] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rugby Clubs of Wales hit the bookstalls in good time for the All Blacks ' tour . |
| 2 | Some time during the few days ' leave , when talking about my life — not work , of course — at Bletchley , I must rashly have let slip the fact that occasionally I was tired . |
| 3 | Some of them will be further reunited when the Barbarians round off the All Blacks ' tour at Twickenham on 25 November . |
| 4 | Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup . |
| 5 | Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs . |
| 6 | Through the portal by Giovanni Gargiolli of Florence , 1598 , we pass into the choir of the All Saints ' Chapel , formerly the seat of an independent Chapter . |
| 7 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 8 | The Chelsea defender was stretchered off the Anfield turf on September 5 following a challenge with the former Reds ' striker , suffering cruciate ligament damage which required one operation , with further surgery likely . |
| 9 | Six months later , the same newspaper produced a similar story from the same magistrates ' court : ‘ COME TO BED ’ PLEA BY GIRL , 15 ( ‘ A saucy schoolgirl sent a sexy message to prisoner [ NAME STATED ] . |
| 10 | Coventry entertain Pontypridd in one of their last fixtures before the All Blacks ' coach Alex Wyllie takes over the Midlands Second Division team for six weeks from Tony Hunt . |
| 11 | Paula Bale , the Fijian-born Canterbury winger who played for New Zealand in Suva last weekend and was in the All Blacks ' squad for the RWC Sevens at Murrayfield from 16-18 April , has been given clearance by the NZRFU to represent Fiji — proof , yet again , of what a farcical situation the present haphazard laws on international eligibility place the game . |
| 12 | Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland . |