Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [vb pp] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I got back to the hospital , I 'd missed the doctors ' rounds . |
| 2 | A father risked his life to save his twin babies from a fire which had engulfed the childrens ' bedroom . |
| 3 | NHS At the Conservative Party Conference in 1986 , Norman Fowler , then Secretary of State for Health , was loudly cheered on producing a long computer printout of 380 new ‘ large hospital schemes ’ costing £3bn , which he unrolled over the rostrum for the benefit of photographers from newspapers which had criticised the Tories ' record on the NHS . |
| 4 | ‘ You have n't exactly had a peaceful birthday ! ’ she 'd reminded Laura , who 'd smiled as she had recalled the twins ' boundless energy , which had left the two adults feeling quite exhausted at the end of the day . |
| 5 | W. C. Anderson — who had moved the Workers ' and Soldiers ' Council resolution at Leeds the previous June — pressed the point , warning : |
| 6 | Another student , who had attended a girls ' grammar , felt that there were important differences between single-sex schools and mixed schools . |
| 7 | ‘ Fake ’ Intermediates were students who had done the Beginners ' course but learned nothing from it . |
| 8 | It had been Footballer of the Year Waddle who had resurrected the Owls ' hopes with a 68th minute equaliser after Ian Wright 's 30th goal of the season 12 minutes before half-time had been just reward for Arsenal 's early domination . |
| 9 | We 'd heard the dogs ' barking spreading through the trees when they 'd first been unleashed . |
| 10 | In 1984 we had ended the opticians ' monopoly and taken off the ridiculous restrictions on advertising which prevented the public from shopping around for the best value . |
| 11 | They had attended the agents ' dinner at Blackpool , and Sarah , sitting way below the salt , had noticed with alarm that Heath was silent . |
| 12 | Equally , the management of British Coal once again have not honoured their undertakings , they promised me that once they had considered the Consultants ' Report into the reorganization , they would consult with us . |
| 13 | There were those like Hugh Price Hughes who joined in the reaction against individualism because they felt it had narrowed the churches ' work among working people : |
| 14 | The MNR responded with a statement issued in Nairobi saying that it had accepted the mediators ' invitation to direct talks but that Chissano was delaying " to extend his time in power " . |
| 15 | It seemed several days since he had seen the girls ' bodies in their mockery of repose at the embalmer 's shed that morning . |
| 16 | What Peter did not realise was that he had aroused the directors ' suspicion . |
| 17 | At the press conference , Waldegrave recalled a visit to a UK university , where he had noted a visitors ' book full of Japanese names . |
| 18 | He had overcome the islanders ' deep dislike of the sea by night , when shadows welled in the phosphorescence and the pale monster Manjiku reared his snout from the waves . |