Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] of the [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 | 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 ) . |
4 | " 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 . |
5 | Former presenter David Hamilton last night blamed Top Of The Pops ' demise on the ‘ bunch of nobodies ’ who host the show . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Carpenter kept track of the birds ' weight changes by means of perches attached to spring or electronic balances ( Figure 7.6 ) . |
8 | After this first encounter , the researchers removed portions of the lizards ' tails and reintroduced the pairs . |
9 | A year later he became master of the Stationers ' Company . |
10 | On Jan. 1 a plan for unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza strip was proposed by two left-wing Israeli Knesset members , Ran Cohen of the Citizens ' Rights Movement and Amnon Rubinstein of the Shinui Party . |