Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] 's [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food .
2 It is also regarded as a men 's club and its members all possess comfortable rooms .
3 ‘ They 've come for the children 's parade , ’ he said softly , motioning her to a seat .
4 Possibly this was not the intention of Parliament for " restored " seems inappropriate to describe the situation where goods have come into the police 's possession .
5 On 6 September however , the Evening News carried a report of a clash between women on different sides in the dispute : " we understand the differences of opinion between the women who have amalgamated with the men 's society and those associated with the women compositors , readers " and monotype operator 's union found lively expression in a wordy warfare " ,
6 I do n't I thin I think there 's probably a lot lot less sexism just in terms of I think we 've won their respect by you know and and certainly when th they did n't want us to picket in the beginning , and then over the months really the women have done quite a lot of successful picketing when we 've been asked and and we 've staged quite big pickets quite a lot of you know the big pickets were really organized and the rallies have been organized by us and really sort of quite a lot of the input into into the strike I think has come from the women 's support group in in quite a unique way .
7 Maarouf Saad , the leftist mayor of Sidon , was fatally wounded in a fishermen 's demonstration and in further fighting the Lebanese national army — largely commanded , of course , by Christians — came into conflict with Muslim gunmen and the more radical of the PLO 's Palestinian guerrilla groups .
8 He had been caught in a women 's magazine praising Mrs Thatcher .
9 RIVER ISLAND 'S own selection was a sharp pinstripe suit teamed with crisp white shirt and polka dot tie pinched from the men 's section , for daytime .
10 ‘ Our album opened doors for us all over the world , ’ he says , ‘ and another major factor in our success was that one of the songs on it , ‘ Wall Of Tears ’ , was included on the Women 's Heart C.D. which has already sold over 200,000 copies in Ireland alone .
11 The muskets were lifted to the men 's shoulders .
12 In circumstances in which the opinion leaders and policy-makers in adult education have responded to the women 's movement at all , it has been to co-opt feminism into their platitudes , whilst at the same time seeking to deflect and defeat the radical intention of women 's liberation as it might be applied in adult education and society generally .
13 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 .
14 Mrs Lynch of Eleanor Street , Wigan , went to the local station at Ashton-in-Makerfield after her brother Stephen Wilkinson , 38 , was found hanged at a children 's play area .
15 He had looked at the children 's modelling and their puzzling drawings of oversized objects — single , primary colours and minute figures dwarfed by the chaotic world around them .
16 The conference was organised by the Women 's Media Circle Foundation which is a group of Philippine women who have produced and broadcast radio and television programmes for women since 1986 .
17 Some pleaded guilty while others were incriminated by the children 's evidence , and two days later a dozen were hanged before thousands on the hill overlooking Lancaster Castle .
18 ‘ The truth of the matter is that the children remain in care after all the evidence has been considered by the children 's panel and the courts . ’
19 They separated and , on their joint application for divorce , the Family Court of Australia granted a decree nisi and expressed itself satisfied that proper arrangements had been made for the children 's welfare , namely , that they would live with their mother during the week and be supervised by the father at weekends .
20 Reading section 4 of the Act with the other relevant interpretative sections , it is hardly surprising that a number of people connected with the children 's hearing system saw the Act as a major handicap to their work .
21 The sad aspect of the Act is that people connected with the children 's hearing system — people certainly not lacking in intelligence or application — have been unable to unravel the mysteries of the statute .
22 Ruth had already decided to bring her own children to be photographed today , and then approached all her friends with young families , suggesting they might like to do the same — so it had turned into a children 's party .
23 I was enfolded in the women 's world .
24 ‘ The repercussion are likely to be felt in the children 's market , ’ observed Mr Lang , ‘ where ‘ visual literacy ’ alternatives to books are more attractive among the 10 to 12 year olds — your book buyers of the future . ’
25 The only problem with the kitchen , the operational centre of the house , is that it is separated from the children 's attic playroom by two long flights of stairs .
26 I think she 'd knitted it herself out of old pieces of string she 'd saved from the children 's birthday presents . ’
27 Seen from the women 's angle , things could sometimes appear differently .
28 Pressure had been applied to the children 's chests ; they 'd died either from suffocation or a stoppage of blood to their hearts .
29 The medical records for all cases of pyloric stenosis seen at the Children 's Hospital , Camperdown , during 1974–7 and 1988–91 were reviewed .
30 Police discovered later that Lorna and Vernage had met at a children 's home years earlier .
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