Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder .
2 This one and the next , Chalk Farm , were tiled in white and buff , reminding her of the servants ' bathrooms at Temple Stephen .
3 The two men , who had escaped from a coach taking them to the magistrates ' court in Reading , were taken to hospital to have their broken arms set in plaster .
4 They also deny taking nude photographs of the girls , now aged eight , six and four , while they themselves were naked , and showing them to the girls ' mother .
5 The masks , however , were specially constructed — made from heavy-duty , vulcanised rubber and fitted by stretching them over the actors ' heads so that they clamped underneath the nose and at the back of the crown .
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