Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while it became part of the nomes ' world , so that when it stopped the silence came as a shock . |
| 2 | In the mid-1980s it became part of the electricians ' union the EEPTU . |
| 3 | They chose the teenagers and topics after group discussions at 26 schools in northern England , firstly speaking to children from the programme 's target age-range ( the 11-13s ) to find out what interested them then they met teenagers from the presenters ' target age range ( 1416 ) to find out more ideas for topics and to choose the reporters . |
| 4 | A sign which went up on the Raiders ' dressing-room door after the match , advising that only Australian media personnel were welcome , bore witness to the visitors ' touchiness about defeat , though at least they did not follow Manly 's example and grumble about the referee . |
| 5 | I found Bunny in the girls ' kitchen the next morning trying to find something to eat that was n't raw carrot , muesli or Ryvita and something to drink other than herbal tea . |
| 6 | Owing to a rainfall of extraordinary violence , the stream overflowed at the pond , and a great volume of water , which would normally have been carried off by the stream , poured down a public street into the town and caused damage to the plaintiffs ' property . |
| 7 | With the best nine scores counting , Aberdeen amassed 272pts to the visitors ' 238pts . |
| 8 | We note that it came top of the apostles ' agenda when the members of the brand new church ‘ devoted themselves to the apostles ’ teaching' ( Acts 2:2 ) . |
| 9 | Of course , token gestures often suffice to land unknown quantities from obscurity — Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino joined Gillingham from a boys ' club in Crockenhill for the cost of a new set of playing strips . |
| 10 | He poured scorn on the Conservatives ' pre-election assurances on their low-tax policy , describing the Government as ‘ political cheats who have got into power by sheer dishonesty and by defrauding the electorate ’ . |
| 11 | The programme was conspicuously short on detail , although Abel Aganbegyan , its principal author , told deputies on Oct. 18 that this allowed differences between the republics ' approaches to reform to be accommodated . |
| 12 | " With all this equipment for moving things about the place , " he gestured up towards the moving line of clinking cutlery above their heads , looping under the assorted ducting and swivelled prisms of the kitchens ' ceiling . |
| 13 | However , with regard to the follow-up of arrests , one of the research team was able to sit in on a Juvenile Case Referral Panel , which recommended whether juveniles should be cautioned , and another member made observations in the magistrates ' courts . |
| 14 | Otakar Motej , Chairman of the Supreme Court , who represented Havel during the Federal Assembly 's discussion of his proposals , expressed disappointment at the deputies ' lack of trust in the President . |
| 15 | Former presenter David Hamilton last night blamed Top Of The Pops ' demise on the ‘ bunch of nobodies ’ who host the show . |
| 16 | The nursery school used a modified version of the SOED questionnaire for Staff ( Nursery Form ) which made comparison with the parents ' views easier . |
| 17 | Sue asked Derek to a girls ' night out and he turned up as Diane . |
| 18 | Whether people named defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme depended a great deal upon the date of the interview and rather less upon their personal characteristics or even their pattern of media use . |
| 19 | Farmer Jack Gibson submitted plans for a visitors ' centre , caravan site , holiday cottages , log cabins and homes for sale at Hall Hill Farm , near Lanchester , which attracted 20,000 visitors to open days last year . |
| 20 | He started work at the Stationers ' Company School , London , in 1874 , and by the time he took up a post at Grantham Grammar School in 1884 he had already taught in Saffron Walden , Winchester , Newbury , and Cambridge . |
| 21 | The guide covered questions about the participants ' expectations , experience and evaluation of the course . |
| 22 | From the hub of the operation , the Ilopango Air Base in El Salvador , creaking aircraft flew supplies to the contras ' northern front billetted in Honduras . |
| 23 | Steve Cauthen will be having his first race-ride on Arazi , but Pat Valenzuela , who rode Arazi in the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile , is scheduled to be reunited with the colt in the Kentucky Derby next month . |
| 24 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |
| 25 | A harsh restructuring of basic industries , particularly steel and shipbuilding , took place under the Socialists ' rule , although it relied less than in Britain on the power of the ‘ market ’ and more on the intervention of the state . |
| 26 | It was true what was said of him — he knew everything , but everything that happened in the hotel , even , it seemed , what took place in the ladies ' lavatories . |
| 27 | But erm another funny story that er always sticks in my mind is er when we sent memos to the Clerks ' Department and there was only the Clerks ' Department , they were , they were trying to erm improve their public image as |
| 28 | The sound of it brought Silas into the shearers ' quarters . |
| 29 | When the Bank of Scotland had threatened to imprison his Constable partner Robert Cadell in Calton Hill Gaol , Cadell took refuge in the debtors ' sanctuary at Holyrood — where Thomas de Quincey had also stayed for some time . |
| 30 | I took Shanti into the babies ' changing room . |