Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them . |
| 2 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
| 3 | They will have to find the right balance between rule by unwieldy committee and by a chosen few ( or fewer , as at Clifford Chance , which has a partners ' council but where power , in practice , largely rests with the managing partner ) . |
| 4 | He also knows of the existence of at least half a dozen hypermarkets which have a shoppers ' profile that includes every socioeconomic category , and which sell all three types of bread . |
| 5 | However , the only individual who appears to have a plan that will appeal to the developing world is Dr. Mustapha Tolba , head of the United Nations Enviroment Plan who proposed a users ' tax paid by the consumers of ozone depleting chemicals , to be collected by governments and used by developing countries both to modernise their production systems and to compensate the multi-nationals for the transfer of their most advanced energy effective technology . |
| 6 | 50,000 TONS of crude oil in the Channel , mass suicide in Guyana , Winter Of Discontent — who needed a kids ' series that blew the lid ( comparatively ) off Britain 's comprehensive school system ? |
| 7 | Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line . |
| 8 | ‘ You wan' a las ' cup coffee , leetle dog ? ’ |
| 9 | But it 's just like you , ah well , you see an ants ' nest in the room . |
| 10 | These schemes , then , can be summarized under the following heads : we run residency and award schemes , we run grants to artists and craftsmen and photographers , we run an artists in school scheme , which involves placement of and artist for two weeks or so in a local secondary school , we offer payments to artists for exhibiting in certain galleries , something akin to the public lending right , we also provide assistance for the purchase and commissioning of contemporary work , and finally we run an artists ' register , which is a slide register of work of artists within the region , which is accessible to anyone who wants to come along and look at it , whether they are organizing an exhibition or thinking of commissioning a piece for their own living rooms , or perhaps a piece for their town hall or public library or whatever . |
| 11 | Each entry should include ten news stories or features , three of which should be 350 words or more with one giving a pupils ' view of what the next government 's policies should be . |
| 12 | " To be honest , even when we had a girls ' training week at Inverclyde it was almost on the schedule that everyone would get legless on one of the evenings . " |
| 13 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
| 14 | well we had a parents ' meeting on Monday night , but I did n't realize there was one |
| 15 | We have a Residents ' bar for you use and a pretty sea facing patio garden for you to relax in . |
| 16 | ‘ We have a residents ' meeting once a month . |
| 17 | And of course at the end of this series we have a listeners ' forum , and you will have an opportunity of putting your questions to a panel of speakers from the university and from outside the university . |
| 18 | And they dismissed an inspectors ' report which doubted standards were being maintained . |
| 19 | They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment . |
| 20 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |
| 21 | And he was tired mentally , for once he addressed a bishops ' meeting for a whole hour without stopping . |