Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dolly had stirred up a hornets ' nest when she pinched the wallet , and he had n't made it any better by steaming the letter open . |
| 2 | but of course , it had kind of stirred up a hornets ' nest ! |
| 3 | Seven of the previous eight labour-contract renegotiations have involved either a players ' strike or a lockout . |
| 4 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 5 | Only now it is more difficult to spot because they have taken away the visitors ' platform and the view through the most celebrated new gap in the Berlin Wall is often obscured by the steady stream of tramping East Berliners and their Trabant cars . |