Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found the authors ' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating . |
| 2 | Perhaps it was unkind of me , but I mentioned the Workers ' Education Classes . |
| 3 | But above all , I saw the sabs ' devotion to the cause . |
| 4 | My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name . |
| 5 | I saw the millionaires ' mile in Miami , Florida , where the richest people live marooned on small islands in a bay . |
| 6 | It failed to strike me immediately , and I questioned the judges ' decision — replacing it with one of the entries to the three veneers class . |
| 7 | I said the kids ' crusade was curdling now , everyone had overdosed , but she would n't listen . |
| 8 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
| 9 | ‘ How 's your mother , Nurse Avery ? ’ asked Sister Robinson , as she approached the nurses ' station where Juliet was studying Bobbie Cole 's test results . |
| 10 | Joyce Barr was again in commanding form as she lifted the ladies ' title bearing Margaret Holligan of Economics . |
| 11 | Initially she welcomed the professionals ' involvement because she believed this might result in help and advice in identifying the reasons for Tom 's deteriorating behaviour . |
| 12 | Negotiating a few cairns , falling into a stream or two , arid avoiding the tempting green sheep-track to the left that would lead you straight into a bog , you followed the pilgrims ' way ever downwards . |
| 13 | Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line . |
| 14 | In 1951 came the excitement of the MEdaus ' visit ; the next year Hilda became the Society 's first reassurer ; then in preparation for her move to Weston-Super-Mare in 1961 , she took the leaders ' training . |
| 15 | " To be honest , even when we had a girls ' training week at Inverclyde it was almost on the schedule that everyone would get legless on one of the evenings . " |
| 16 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
| 17 | well we had a parents ' meeting on Monday night , but I did n't realize there was one |
| 18 | And they dismissed an inspectors ' report which doubted standards were being maintained . |
| 19 | They shielded the broadcasters from outside pressure — from all directions , not just from the politicians — and they reviewed the broadcasters ' work , explaining , justifying and sometimes excusing it to government and the public . |
| 20 | They rejected the Georgians ' argument that the 5,000 dollars given to match officials prior to the first leg game was legitimate expenses and reinforced the judgement that Tbilisi be expelled from this season 's competition and the next one they qualify for . |
| 21 | No wonder then , that in the statement read out by goalkeeper Gary Phillips , they beseeched the players ' union , the Football League and the FA to protect them from the man who has virtually become a tyrant . |
| 22 | They found that the swamp was forcing them back and that they could no longer keep even an erratic southward course but were withdrawing towards the east , away from where they believed the Outlaws ' Camp lay . |
| 23 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 24 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 25 | They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment . |
| 26 | On the one hand they strengthened the polytechnics ' resistance to the institutional review element in the CNAA 's procedures , but on the other hand they confirmed for the CNAA the value of gaining intelligence about the overall health of the institutions . |
| 27 | At that time , when the Nikkei 225 index was trading at 26,230 , more than half by value of the warrants outstanding were more than 20% ‘ out of the money ’ : in other words ( see table ) , they needed the issuers ' share prices to rise by at least that amount to reach the exercise price . |
| 28 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 29 | After they left the druids ' circle at Strichen , Boswell and Johnson exchanged a number of observations , the first of which had been an expression of compassion for Mr Fraser . |
| 30 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |