Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] a [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months .
2 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 .
3 Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line .
4 " 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 . "
5 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 .
6 well we had a parents ' meeting on Monday night , but I did n't realize there was one
7 They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment .
8 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 .
9 And he was tired mentally , for once he addressed a bishops ' meeting for a whole hour without stopping .
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