Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [noun pl] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A social worker was called in and , with a lot of support , Annie moved to a women 's refuge and then to a small flat . |
| 2 | She was attacked as she played in a children 's playground as she bent down to stroke a dog tied to a post it attacked her . |
| 3 | The giant wrought-iron entrance gates , for example , came from the people of Tetbury , the fruit trees espaliered against the walls of the vegetable garden were presented by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers and the herbs came from a women 's institute in Sussex . |
| 4 | In a widely publicised incident a few months later Ben , diagnosed as schizophrenic , climbed into a lions ' cage at London Zoo . |
| 5 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 6 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 7 | New Forum , which had first emerged in September 1989 [ see p. 36895 ] , decided at a delegates ' conference in Leipzig on Jan. 6 not to form a political party but to remain a citizens ' movement which was " open to citizens of different ideological and party opinions " . |
| 8 | The settlement looked like a workers ' victory . |
| 9 | Harbury rebelled and went to a Women 's Word press reception instead . |
| 10 | And they presented him with video equipment they bought for a children 's charity . |
| 11 | After a display earlier this year he spoke about a teammates ' mistake , diving thorugh the ring of skydivers . |
| 12 | He resigned after a fans ' demonstration at a reserve team game . |
| 13 | He appeared in a children 's BBC Jackanory playhouse production of the Prattling Princess in which he played Prince Hugo . |
| 14 | If a child has been made the subject of a supervision requirement following a referral to a children 's hearing on an offence ground , and that supervision requirement has been terminated and the child reappears before another children 's hearing , the main factors that the later hearing will need to consider to perform their statutory functions are why the child appeared before a children 's hearing , the reasons for that hearing 's disposal and , most particularly , the child 's response to the disposal ; in short , a children 's hearing would want to know the very things section 4 appears to prevent it ascertaining . |