Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 their parents asked for the twins ' photograph to be published in a Sunday newspaper and vowed that they would never be locked away in an institution . |
| 2 | Zimbabwe has begun an experimental scheme to track its remaining rhino by the use of transponders implanted in the animals ' skin . |
| 3 | Whereas in RX and Pilkingtons union resistance was either negligible or was transformed into active cooperation , at Ford the quality circles foundered on the unions ' dismissal of the initiative as a heavy-handed attempt to short-circuit existing bargaining procedures . |
| 4 | In classical ballet the patterns and groupings delineated by the dancers ' bodies are usually symmetrical and evenly balanced over the whole stage . |
| 5 | All day long , boys and girls sat on the buffaloes ' backs , lounging in expertly comfortable positions . |
| 6 | Flames appeared on the soldiers ' lances like ‘ fairies ’ lights'' illuminating their path , and they remained lit despite the heavy rain . |
| 7 | Another important source of secondary danger clues came from the parents ' life histories : for example , parents who had certain ‘ personality traits ’ , had been abused or ‘ in care ’ themselves as children , had been in regular ‘ trouble ’ as children or/and as adults , were seen as being more likely to harm their children . |
| 8 | When the police called in the boys ' parents , one of them accused Mr Wisson of kidnapping . |
| 9 | On the night of the killings a dozen armed masked men broke into the workers ' dormitories . |
| 10 | The craft of caring for clothes vanished with the ladies ' maid and the most common modern method of storage — hanging them , shrouded in plastic , on a wire coathanger — is less than ideal . |
| 11 | Reports persisted throughout May that the security forces were turning a blind eye to the activities of Zulu mobs in the townships , allegedly waiting to respond until local citizens retaliated against the Zulus ' attacks . |
| 12 | Stones spurted from the horses ' hooves and then they were on a wide stretch of sand , galloping full speed , flying in the face of the wind ; the sea , the sky , the cliffs streamed past Sara 's stinging cheeks . |
| 13 | At seven o'clock in the evening , a time Clarke judged opportune , he and his fellow-officers burst into the brothers ' bedroom . |