Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
| 2 | She had lived in Durban since February and obtained a residents ' permit two months ago . |
| 3 | Richmond also identified the Tanaris pottery mould with this god , and an appliqué bearded figure on a sherd in grey ware brandishing a double axe and wearing a blacksmiths ' leather apron . |
| 4 | Although Gates announced a 10-point plan to restore public confidence in the force , and established a citizens ' panel to investigate the King case , he rejected all demands for his resignation or retirement . |
| 5 | Secondly , Mr Bates has bought 27 p.c. of the property company and demanded a shareholders ' meeting to replace Cabra chairman John Duggan and co-director Andrew MacKay ( currently attempting to remain Tory MP for East Berkshire ) with Chelsea representatives . |
| 6 | Mr Golyadkin 's response to the elopement letter was a two-in-one attempt to assume a chivalric role and reach a lovers ' destination . |
| 7 | In 1893 he made an unsuccessful attempt to solve the coal industry 's economic and labour difficulties by proposing the amalgamation of collieries into a massive semi-public enterprise monitored by the Board of Trade , which would control output , fix prices , pay fair wages , and establish a miners ' welfare fund . |
| 8 | New Forum , which had first emerged in September 1989 [ see p. 36895 ] , decided at a delegates ' conference in Leipzig on Jan. 6 not to form a political party but to remain a citizens ' movement which was " open to citizens of different ideological and party opinions " . |