Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King was much intrigued to see them in the Dolls ' House and enquired who gave her permission . |
| 2 | 5.2 Rule 15(a) — Information as to who has conduct of the case The client needs to know who within the solicitors ' office will be dealing with the claim and , if more than one person , who those people are . |
| 3 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |
| 4 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 5 | In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers . |
| 6 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 7 | All the major retailers have agreed to fit it into the women 's weeklies ’ ranks . ’ |
| 8 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
| 9 | My parish priest had always dreamed of building outstation churches and , with the luxury of two curates , here was his chance to convert one into a builders ' labourer ! |
| 10 | In fact I 'd carefully scripted the whole thing , grading the language to keep it within the students ' capabilities . |
| 11 | Plans to turn it into a members ' club had begun long before 1985 as the Crown alleged , said Mr Cinnamond . |
| 12 | Also I 've got to get something for the boys ' dinner first … |
| 13 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 14 | He apologised for trying to blame them over the Tories ' economic blunders . |
| 15 | That , and trying to recruit him to the parents ' Association committee ( which was almost the same thing , as the most active women members were divorcees ) . |
| 16 | The crisis revealed , however , that the king 's war no longer had the wholehearted support of the community , and more ominously , that some members of the nobility were prepared to associate themselves with the commons ' demands for concessions and reforms . |