Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know I 'm a players ' manager and will look after them . |
| 2 | The new youth movement found its most dramatic expression in the religious brigades , the first of which was the Boys ' Brigade ( BB ) , founded by William Smith in Glasgow in 1883 , followed by the Church Lads ' Brigade ( CLB ) in 1891 , and the Boys ' Life Brigade ( BLB ) in 1899 . |
| 3 | There follows a white villa which was the Jesuits ' summer house . |
| 4 | She is the fairies ' midwife , and she comes |
| 5 | She is the sisters ' friend and mine , too , she has come to tea on my birthday . |
| 6 | So , just who is the hairdressers ' choice ? |
| 7 | Henley took quite an interest in her and she was the Ladies ' President from 1920–1925 . |
| 8 | ‘ She was the kids ' cat . |
| 9 | The officials included Squadron Leader Ian Sweet , who was the Championships ' Secretary and the race commentator ; Major Martin Leach , the technical delegate Mr Richard Berry , and PR consultants Colonel Geoffrey Godbold , and Major Hutch Hutchinson . |
| 10 | ‘ Above all , we 're a punters ' band — we want people to come and enjoy themselves — it 's all about having fun , ’ said Slim . |
| 11 | One is a plumbers ' merchant which specialises in plumbing goods . |
| 12 | Well I mean you ca n't have rules without a police force , can you , and since there 's no poets ' union from which you could be expelled , clearly whether there are any rules depends entirely on the poets themselves and their readers , and everybody knows that until about the end of the nineteenth century almost all poetry was written in regular metre and regular patterns and , except for blank verse , in regular rhyme , and that this is no longer so and now you would either be deliberately old fashioned or you would have some special purpose , I think , if you wrote your poems in traditional rhyming schemes . |
| 13 | Top of the range is the Eiger , quite a substantial jacket , and there 's a ladies ' model as well , the Electra . |
| 14 | There 's the Magistrates ' Court and then above it there 's the Crown Court . |
| 15 | — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college . |
| 16 | Here there is a visitors ' centre from which there are guided walks in the summer and plenty of books on sale to help identify species . |
| 17 | The Royal Oak pub is popular for families as there is a childrens ' room and large gardens outside , with tables and chairs in summer . |
| 18 | In each of the three houses of Parliament there is a Ministers ' Council , each chamber having separate responsibility for the affairs of the population group it represents ( including housing , social welfare , health , education ) , while joint parliamentary responsibility is taken for " general " or national affairs ( including foreign policy , defence , finance , law and order ) , each of these functions at national level being reflected in a portfolio in the Cabinet itself . |
| 19 | In each of the three houses of Parliament there is a Ministers ' Council , each chamber having separate responsibility for the affairs of the population group it represents ( including housing , social welfare , health and education ) , while joint parliamentary responsibility is taken for " general " or national affairs ( including foreign policy , defence , finance and law and order ) , each of these functions at national level being reflected in a portfolio in the Cabinet itself . |
| 20 | The official receiver or trustee can agree costs though if there is a creditors ' committee , they can require the trustee to ask for any costs payable out of the estate to be taxed . |
| 21 | The new , uniform business rate generated similar outrage : nowhere was the anger better illustrated than in Bath , a city epitomising Thatcherite entrepreneurial success , where there was a shopkeepers ' strike in protest at the damage it was wreaking on their livelihoods . |
| 22 | When ‘ King John ’ Houlding , a self-made brewer and prominent local Tory , tried to use his position on the Everton board to jack up the rent paid to him by The club , There was a shareholders ' revolt and Houlding eventually left the club to form Liverpool FC . |
| 23 | More important , there was a miners ' strike which resulted in the three-day week , comprehensive power cuts and enormous disruption . |
| 24 | There was no trekkers ' hut here , however basic ; just a shed for the kitchen and an uneven acre of soggy mountain meadow for our camp . |
| 25 | ‘ There was the parents ' estate , his father 's estate , the Doors ' estate — and they were all fighting . |
| 26 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 27 | Adjoining were two sleeping compartments containing bedsteads , each with its own lavatory ; and at one end there was an attendants ' compartment with folding bed and facilities for serving light refreshments . |
| 28 | Whether they 're the citizens ' charter , whether they are response to people from the press or from the public or constantly ringing in to the switchboard , or whether it 's by all the other ways in which we disseminate information . |
| 29 | And I 'm sure the districts a lot has been said about er it being the districts ' view that well you know we 've got this policy so we will we will exercise a high level of restraining to protect the countryside against all comers etcetera etcetera . |
| 30 | It 's a childrens ' paradise ; all the fun of the fair and the rides are free . |