Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can take into account a painting 's decline in value if it has actually sold for that price , but because the decline in prices has only occurred at a dealers ' auction , they will not accept that a similar composition by the same artist would automatically be valued at much less than the price paid for it . |
| 2 | Polly thrust it back into her bag , embarrassed at being caught doing things more properly done in a ladies ' cloakroom , and furious at her own embarrassment . |
| 3 | They were no longer committed to a debtors ' prison at the instance of the man to whom they still owed money , to suffer indignities at the hands of a Thomas Bambridge . |
| 4 | If there is spare accommodation available during the school day then turning some space over to use as a parents ' room is well worth while . |
| 5 | One of the greatest players ever to put on a Spurs ' jersey I would think . |
| 6 | The BBC was forced to drop an independently produced film for Arena on lorry drivers when it emerged that it was partly funded by a hauliers ' association . |
| 7 | It does n't fit with a newscasters ' tradition so it has to be tied down . |
| 8 | and then go for a paratroopers ' |
| 9 | The enthusiasm sometimes generated by a teachers ' centre whose advisory courses are backed up by a practical service can be considerable , and most valuable . |
| 10 | There are , in any case , few venture capital transactions in which these issues are not debated at length prior to signing , with the agreed principles then cemented into a shareholders ' agreement . |