Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The early part of the decade had seen the festival succumb entirely to the boys ' own heavy metal hackery that at that point ruled the roost in certain quarters , most significantly the mind of Jack Barrie , Marquee General Manager and responsible for booking the bands . |
2 | She knew that the one thing that her mother would never provide money for was a training in medicine , so she wrote eventually to the Boys ' Own Paper to ask them how to go about it , inventing a letter that was supposed to come from a badly-off boy whom she thought would enlist their sympathy . |
3 | The solution lies firmly in the farmers ' own hands |
4 | The student movement formed a distinct current of protest , responding primarily to the students ' own experience . |
5 | The catalogue is a serious and enlightening examination of the nature of modern British art by James Hyman , which draws heavily on the artists ' own words and writings . |