Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this time in promoting a Private Members ' Bill , which came to the statute book as the Civic Amenities Act , 1967 . |
| 2 | Lawrence , Sibylle Zuckermann has been for the last six years teaching a Senior Citizens ' class . |
| 3 | He was wearing an Ultimate Climbers ' Helmet and you will be glad to know that although the helmet sustained considerable damage , Stuart had no head injuries . |
| 4 | Mrs Stringer , an active member of Teesside Pensioners Association , is attending a two-day Pensioners ' Parliament in Brussels , paid for by the European Parliament 's Socialist group of MPs . |
| 5 | Reid will be attending a big jockeys ' meeting at York when whips will be among the subjects under discussion . |
| 6 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 7 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 8 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 9 | Nicola 's parents stayed at her bedside until 2.30am before snatching a few hours ' sleep in a room at the hospital . |
| 10 | Micky McDonald from Ballymena and Antrim won the triple jump with 13.76 with Annadale 's Adam Smith setting a new youths ' record with 13.59 . |
| 11 | Jess felt it was like watching an upturned ants ' nest . |
| 12 | We are proposing a European Residents ' Charter , guaranteeing equal rights and equal duties to every European resident . |
| 13 | Following a recent Customs ' seminar , it has been announced that in respect of the following member states additional codes will also be allowed : |
| 14 | An EC declaration on Bosnia-Hercegovina of May 11 , following a Foreign Ministers ' meeting , said that although all parties in the conflict bore responsibility , " by far the greatest share of the blame falls on the JNA and the authorities in Belgrade which are in control of the army , both directly and indirectly by supporting Serbian irregulars " . |