Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found him agitated and anxious and thumping the table , demanding to discuss the two men 's roles in relation to each other . |
| 2 | On May 28 four people were killed when a demonstration in Freetown by students in support of teachers ' demands was broken up by police after a police station had been stoned ; earlier a meeting attempting to establish an independent teachers ' union was also broken up by the authorities . |
| 3 | It criticised the OECD countries for failing to meet the United Nations ' foreign aid target of 0.7 per cent of their GNPs . |
| 4 | Yet there are good reasons for continuing to read the New Critics ' work . |
| 5 | In an elderly upper-crust voice , I complained about ‘ This business of trying to jam the other chaps ' telephones — y'know , it has n't done us any favours at all , frankly . |