Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The muskets were lifted to the men 's shoulders . |
| 2 | Even where it is possible to clear up after the day 's work , another couple of unpaid hours work is added to the women 's costs and subtracted from those of her employer . |
| 3 | Pressure had been applied to the children 's chests ; they 'd died either from suffocation or a stoppage of blood to their hearts . |
| 4 | They hoped to collect money to be used for the children 's sports and fancy dress , cakes and biscuits and prizes for a tombola . |
| 5 | He and Elham have worked round-the-clock to raise the $100,000 needed for the children 's fares , accommodation , clothing and food . |
| 6 | Again Chairman , it 's reflected in the children 's services plan up to possible future proposals for Robert Home . |
| 7 | The existence of this self-reward mechanism is demonstrated by the women 's answers to a question about how they felt when they had got their work done as they liked it . |
| 8 | China 's vice-like grip was broken in the women 's singles with title favourite Deng Yaping going out in the early stages but the oriental domination was maintained by the World No 3 Hyum Jung Hwa from Korea who defeated the World No 12 Chen Jing from Taiwan 21–16 21–15 21–14 . |
| 9 | Afterwards , it was alleged , the victims were placed in the children 's brothels in which Cairo abounded . |
| 10 | Just like Windsor , volunteers formed a human chain to rescue nearly 200,000 precious items — in this case , books and manuscripts that had to be protected from the firemen 's hoses as well as the flames . |
| 11 | Both bodies were thrown into the shark-infested sea and many wounds could have been caused following the women 's deaths . |
| 12 | Last night Irish Marine Department officials confirmed that the sewage system on the 20-year-old boat had led to the children 's deaths . |
| 13 | At first she thought it was her eyes playing tricks ( did she have eyes ? ) , but then she recognized it : the glow cast by the Women 's spears . |
| 14 | The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable . |
| 15 | However , the content is far removed from the children 's lives . |
| 16 | The occupational structure of the town can be deduced from the freemen 's registers , for between 1559 and 1603 an average of about twenty men per annum , almost 900 in all , were admitted to the freedom of the city . |
| 17 | The founder of Tiron , preaching celibacy in Normandy about 1100 , was nearly lynched by the clergy 's wives , as had been the archbishop of Rouen , no less , when promulgating a decree against them in 1072 . |
| 18 | However , temporal order was only rarely mentioned in the children 's explanations of their judgements , indicating that children may not be particularly aware of the temporal order information on which they base their judgements . |
| 19 | Massive amounts of union literature have been aimed at the women 's issues noted above . |