Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 2 | I retreated to the men 's room and took the film out of the binoculars-camera , and wrote a short note to go with it . |
| 3 | Most nights I go to the miners ' welfare or a pub , or a club . |
| 4 | In the autumn of 1959 I was eleven , and I went to the girls ' grammar school down the road . |
| 5 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 6 | Then I went to the carers ' meeting [ at the day centre ] and there was somebody there from CAB and they said ‘ You should have been getting it ages ago ’ . |
| 7 | Jerome Blum assigns the tsar pride of place in the list of factors which contributed to the serfs ' emancipation . |
| 8 | The quality assurance scheme will mean the introduction of new procedures which conform to the Institutes ' requirements . |
| 9 | In their analyses of the understanding " displays " of next turns , Cameron and Taylor argue , the conversation analysts fail to follow their own prescriptions , which require them to look to the participants ' analysis displayed in the next turn . |
| 10 | The 1927 Conference heard a moving appeal on the issue from a miner 's wife who referred to the women 's support for male trade unionists during the 1926 General Strike : ‘ Surely you will not turn the women down on this question because it was the women who stood four-square with you in your dispute ? ’ |
| 11 | She moved to the neighbours ' wall and sprayed ‘ fornicator ’ and ‘ debauchee ’ . |
| 12 | I think but continuing down the corridor erm which was all the Education Department , you came to the typists ' room right at the bottom of the corridor on the left |
| 13 | Princes , he said , should not persecute discrepant opinions unless they were harmful ; all Christians who subscribed to the Apostles ' Creed should be tolerated , even Anabaptists , even Roman Catholics , for , though the latter 's doctrines were ‘ superstructures ill built and worse managed ’ , ‘ yet they keep the foundation ; they build upon God in Jesus Christ , they profess the Apostles ' Creed ’ . |
| 14 | One of her hobbies was anaesthetics , and she subscribed to an anaesthetists ' journal in which she had seen an advertisement for a chemist who outfitted doctors ' waiting-rooms and surgeries . |
| 15 | There is also a natural reluctance to own up to being a ‘ failure ’ , so the students who do vanish probably include a higher percentage of unemployed people than do those who respond to the universities ' questions . |
| 16 | Before leaving the station she went to the Ladies ' to check up on her appearance . |
| 17 | He was replaced in the closing minutes in Dublin by Rob Wainwright , who returns to the replacements ' bench . |
| 18 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 19 | If you ask such a child " How should we respond to the aliens ' request for help ? " s/he 's not likely to respond very articulately . |
| 20 | Instead of going into the green room , we went to the girls ' dressing room . |
| 21 | She made small-talk with Amy and Roger Dyson and greeted about fifty more guests before excusing herself to go to the ladies ' room where she met Elaine powdering her nose . |
| 22 | Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school . |
| 23 | I am not kidding you : for this high-level encounter he goes to the news-agents ' next door and gets the key that hangs behind the counter . |
| 24 | ‘ And when you get there , make sure he goes to the Gentlemen 's Cloakroom and has a good wash before the interview . |
| 25 | Lapworth 's academic career began as lecturer in chemistry at the School of Pharmacy in Bloomsbury ; in 1900 he moved to the Goldsmiths ' Company 's Institute at New Cross as head of the chemistry department . |
| 26 | It referred to the Palestinians ' struggle for " sovereignty " and envisaged a future " confederation between the two states of Palestine and Jordan , which can be a cornerstone for our security and prosperity " . |
| 27 | While retaining an interest in the Artillery Company , he transferred to the Stationers ' Company in 1777 , becoming a liveryman in 1776 at the time of his move to 33 Leadenhall Street . |
| 28 | ‘ There is no fixed routine as such — we vary it according to the residents ' wishes . |
| 29 | He retreated to the porters ' lodge and tapped on the window . |
| 30 | He objects to the treaties ' limits on the liability of shipowners : only if damage was committed with ‘ intent ’ or with ‘ knowledge that [ it ] would probably result ’ can they be obliged to pay more than $78m . |