Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 On discharge he was still not free of his debt , but the Act greatly improved the insolvent debtors ' lot .
2 It soon rumbled the furry frauds ' deceit .
3 MR PADDY Ashdown yesterday staked the Liberal Democrats ' claim to offer British politics a ‘ moral voice ’ for the 1990s , building on its stance over Hong Kong and the Vietnamese refugees .
4 A small , happy man with a white beard , he always wore the traditional grocers ' apron .
5 The magnificent fight which the Spanish workers have waged against the Fascist … has been the wonder of the world … . the Council organized a Mass Meeting in Bradford to place the true facts before the public , and also opened a Spanish workers ' Relief Fund in conjunction with the TUC Solidarity Fund … .
6 A decree pardoning EPL guerrillas who wished to be reintegrated into civilian life was approved by the government on Jan. 22 ; it also covered the Revolutionary Workers ' Party ( PRT ) , which was to lay down its arms on Jan. 26 , and the militant indigenous Quintín Lamé Commando .
7 I see from my Logbook that Geilenkirchen , Abbeville , Hirson , Hannover and Hamm amongst others appear as targets but I was never convinced that we either found , damaged , or even delayed the German masses ' progress through the Low Countries .
8 Years later , when a leading local councillor , she regularly attended a national Museums ' conference .
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