Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how did you know to go for the dolls ' bed ? ’ |
| 2 | In almost all cases , relatives were not officially informed of the executions and were forced to search for the victims ' bodies in mass graves . |
| 3 | Since the QT Meeting on the 7th has indicated that she is feeling a little better and for the time being is willing to continue as the Teachers ' Representative , however , it is possible that in the future she may require assistance to carry out her duties . |
| 4 | In all cases the broken ore was allowed to fall about the girls ' feet from where it was shovelled by the younger boys and girls and wheeled to the respective piles or hoppers , At all stages waste was thrown aside ready for tramming or barrowing to the spoil heaps . |
| 5 | The first to come , and one of the most interesting from Pumfrey 's point of view , was Tom Tedder , who sprawled easily in his chair , seemed as little tensed up as it is possible to be when involved in a murder case , and told them all they needed to know about the teachers ' attitude to the school 's star pupil . |
| 6 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 7 | She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece . |
| 8 | He stated that , because matters relating to the issue in question were sub judice , it would be very difficult to meet with the Parents ' Committee . |
| 9 | Yes it does , it 's If anybody 's interested in that provision , the allocation provision you do need to er to write to the Teachers ' Pensions Agency . |
| 10 | I decided to write to the Grocers ' Company about the matter . |
| 11 | Mr MacMullen , a lecturer in politics at Durham University , believes Labour will bring its biggest guns to bear on the Tories ' record and the Conservatives may no longer be able to rely on traditional Tory vote winners , like defence , management of the economy and crime . |
| 12 | The first view would probably extend the law further than it has commonly been thought to go and would expose strikers having no immunity under trade union legislation to a very wide-ranging liability ; on the other hand it is not quite accurate to describe the plaintiffs in these two cases as merely ‘ ricochet ’ victims for it may be the effect of pressure on the public and customers which causes the employer to succumb to the strikers ' demands . |
| 13 | It was this drive that led travellers to comment on the Catalans ' capacity to make ‘ soil out of rock ’ . |
| 14 | Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell . |
| 15 | Then the chains on some passes were too short to pass over the wearers ' heads : they were getting longer chains in . |
| 16 | During World War I his pacifist convictions led him to serve with the Friends ' Ambulance Unit in France and then with the Friends ' War Victims ' Relief Committee in Russia . |
| 17 | We regret though that it will not allow the defence to make an early submission of no case to answer in the magistrates ' court . |
| 18 | You will have the opportunity to participate in the students ' learning processes , for example , through acting as a consultant to a Mini-Enterprise , or through working alongside teachers on the production and delivery of materials and lessons . |
| 19 | The next year brought the first indications of the troubles which were eventually to lead to the Goldsmiths ' abandonment of the School a decade later . |
| 20 | There are signs that the council of Lloyd 's is starting to listen to the names ' cries . |
| 21 | Judge Brian Wall , heading the tribunal , said it had yet to rule on the authorities ' submission that the obstetrician and gynaecologist was not a fit and proper person to practise medicine . |
| 22 | It met the flight attendants ' union on Monday and is also hoping to talk to the pilots ' union . |
| 23 | Washington were left to sweat on the Packers ' result when Vince Evans ' three-yard touchdown pass to Tim Brown with 13 seconds left gave the Los Angeles Raiders a shock 21-20 victory . |
| 24 | The model presented here of working with parents enables the clinician to progress at the parents ' rate of change and understanding . |
| 25 | Any accountants with deep-rooted sea-dog tendencies might be interested to hear about the Accountants ' Sailing Challenge , to be held in Poole Harbour on 28 May . |
| 26 | to walk into the Students ' Union office and demand to know where the Women 's Group met . |
| 27 | YOU only had to walk into the members ' lobby of the Commons yesterday to know what you 'd suspected for days . |
| 28 | First he submitted that under section 6(2) the school owed a duty to comply with the applicants ' preference to educate their daughters at the school by admitting them unless that duty was disapplied by section 6(3) . |
| 29 | It does not take into account that in a group of nursery children each will be happy to play with the others ' toys until stopped by peer group pressure . |
| 30 | So even if it managed to escape from the scientists ' clutches in Britain , it could not turn into another exotic pest , like the mink in Britain or the rabbit in Australia . |