Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meeting was arranged for ten o'clock ; in their anxiety , they arrived twenty minutes early , and Ernest suggested that for politeness ' sake they should walk up White Horse Lane and back , to kill time . |
| 2 | In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) . |
| 3 | Er Kids ' County I 'll give you some more clues these might help , It 's got tunnels it 's metal round the edge it 's green . |
| 4 | Mr Chairman I would like to move the resolution in standing in the Conservatives ' name I would say that I would hope that erm the other side would er join with us in voting that through and certainly have no problem with the relevant resolution that Mr put forward . |
| 5 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 6 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 7 | ‘ In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’ |
| 8 | In 40 years ' time they 'll say ‘ It was the first one out after the 400th Birthday Issue ’ . |
| 9 | In twenty years ' time they will remember their history teacher : his mannerisms , his irony and self-deprecating asides , his friendly interest in each of them . |
| 10 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 11 | In ten years ' time you 'll know why you were right to send off this coupon . |
| 12 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |
| 13 | In ten years ' time you can choose to do the following : |
| 14 | One of the greatest players ever to put on a Spurs ' jersey I would think . |
| 15 | In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) . |
| 16 | Thanks very much er , President er , to mark the occasion of the launching of the British er , Boxers ' Association we 'd like to make a little er , presentation to Barry , who 's the President of that Association and erm who you know , of course , is the Chairman of the Institute of Professional Sport and the Professional Boxers ' Association has got the honour of erm , immediately being part of that er , body and has the assistance , of course , of er , the many people involved there . |
| 17 | In addition to these resource sections the book is crammed full of practical recipes and information on the properties and behaviour , through ageing , or virtuality every artists ' material you could think of . |
| 18 | It is worth considering the French model since , with the introduction of the national core curriculum , there will be far less time in the school day to devote to non-specialist teaching ; and with the new terms and conditions for teachers there may well be many who will want a strict regulation on the number of hours ' work they will put in each day . |
| 19 | If it can retain its customers ' faith it could achieve the leadership position it covets by 1997 . |
| 20 | While these sketches tend to be exaggerated at the witnesses ' expense they may provide useful cross-examination material , particularly if you can obtain corroboration from other witnesses . |
| 21 | But , in the Hallowe'en Novices ' Chase he might need to eat a whole mine , to beat Dusty Miller , another Festival scorer . |
| 22 | A ladies ' man he may profess to be but he 's also been a bit of a louse . |
| 23 | If a local authority wished to open a new senior citizens ' home it would seem unreasonable to burden the current year 's community charge/council tax payers with the full cost of an asset that might have , say , 50 years ' useful life . |
| 24 | John Beishon , director of the Consumers ' Association You could argue that food difficulties proceed and contribute to the development of sexual problems … |