Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |
| 2 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 3 | DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill . |
| 4 | In the town of Newton Stewart , not too far from Annan , a solicitor , Giles Davies , lost £1.8 million from his clients ' accounts because he became embroiled in a similar deal . |
| 5 | Elation returned after 27 months ' drought when he won his first ranking tournament at the Mercantile Credit in Bournemouth last January . |
| 6 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 7 | In such cases the court will , when giving reasons for striking out and after hearing the parties ' representatives if they wish , indicate who in its view is to blame for the delay , thus assisting the process of professional disciplinary sanctions and the pursuit of compensation by litigants . |
| 8 | Something of the MLs ' agony as they fought their way towards the quays can be seen in the diagram on page 41 . |
| 9 | Dolly had stirred up a hornets ' nest when she pinched the wallet , and he had n't made it any better by steaming the letter open . |
| 10 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 11 | Directors of limited companies are not personally liable for their companies ' debts unless you get a guarantee from them . |
| 12 | He had come to the comrades ' attention when he wrote an article in the journal of the Right-On wing of the Communist Party , Marxism Today , shortly before the £750 GLC pre-feasibility study was completed in November 1984 . |
| 13 | Souness will conduct tonight 's team talk at the pre-match hotel and then take a seat in the directors ' box as he starts a five-match touchline and dressing room ban . |
| 14 | He agreed the team had infringed the defendants ' rights when they wrote a book on the case . |
| 15 | There , I learned , the churchyard was closed to burials , although her ashes might be interred — not in her parents ' grave as I had asked — but in the church 's garden of remembrance . |
| 16 | S 40 provides that a charitable company must obtain the Commissioners ' consent before it makes a change in its objectives . |
| 17 | S 41 states that a charitable company must get the Commissioners ' consent before it carries out certain transactions with its directors , such as payments in respect of loss of office or retirement . |
| 18 | The only carpet was in the best room , or the visitors ' room as they called it . |
| 19 | Six minutes from the end Murdoch again came to the visitors ' rescue when he dived to block a shot from Hateley . |
| 20 | A sharp easterly wind hurled hail on the troops ' backs as they marched . |
| 21 | Shrewd passes from Spurdle underlined Ants ' confidence as they progressed to a big win . |
| 22 | lives or is that talking about they 've approached straight line that 's already there in heaven , in other words , the , the , you know that the understanding which I have it from this bible is er that seems to be suggesting that er that 's talking about apos the apostles ' lives before they died , our spiritual lives with brightest ones who have at that er point been made perfect by being prepared to go where they 're going |
| 23 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 24 | Mr MacGregor rejected Opposition charges that the Government 's plans had been torpedoed by the banks ' withdrawal when he made a statement to the Commons yesterday . |
| 25 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 26 | It looks like any high street sweatshop except for the light streaming through the huge windows looking across Paris , the dummies bearing the names an exact shapes of various famous models and customers , and the quiet pride in the workers ' faces as they attach elaborately-tooled gold leather to a bustier , hand-embroidered velvet details to a pocket flap , a mink trim to an underskirt . |
| 27 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 28 | Management organized a Black workers ' meeting because they needed our response to a report on ethnic minorities . |
| 29 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
| 30 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |