Example sentences of "the [noun] ' [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these insect-feeding birds have a line of bristles around their beaks which at one time were thought to channel weakly-flying insects into the open beak but now it seems more likely that they do no more than protect the birds ' eyes as they deliberately plunge through clouds of insects . |
| 2 | While the three-quarters enjoyed the glory , there were hard-working displays from back-row forwards Ben Clarke and Richard Webster while lock Damien Cronin took most of the Lions ' line-out as they shaded this department 18–16 . |
| 3 | Certainly not the Ketterings ' ancestors as they appeared to be mostly of sly Italian clerics . |
| 4 | Something of the MLs ' agony as they fought their way towards the quays can be seen in the diagram on page 41 . |
| 5 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |
| 6 | The only carpet was in the best room , or the visitors ' room as they called it . |
| 7 | Souness will conduct tonight 's team talk at the pre-match hotel and then take a seat in the directors ' box as he starts a five-match touchline and dressing room ban . |
| 8 | Certain observations by the Royal Commission , notably concerning an apparent conflict between rules 3 and 7 of the Judges ' Rules as they then stood , led the Home Secretary to seek the advice of the judges . |
| 9 | A sharp easterly wind hurled hail on the troops ' backs as they marched . |
| 10 | It looks like any high street sweatshop except for the light streaming through the huge windows looking across Paris , the dummies bearing the names an exact shapes of various famous models and customers , and the quiet pride in the workers ' faces as they attach elaborately-tooled gold leather to a bustier , hand-embroidered velvet details to a pocket flap , a mink trim to an underskirt . |
| 11 | Fight like men , or kiss the Campbells ' feet as they trample our faces ? ’ |
| 12 | This pattern is made not only by the dancers ' feet as they move over the surface but also by the dancers ' bodies as they move through space . |
| 13 | This pattern is made not only by the dancers ' feet as they move over the surface but also by the dancers ' bodies as they move through space . |
| 14 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |
| 15 | The fire was a dream , the fire was as nothing as the new bricks were slapped into cold cement and the air rang with the rasp of the carpenters ' saws as they fashioned the ceiling framework . |
| 16 | But Dixon , who spent nine years at Stamford Bridge , may have to settle for a place on the subs ' bench as he continues his return from a back injury . |
| 17 | SIMON PARKE , whose selection for England in the World Championships was dogged by controversy , began to repay the selectors ' faith as he beat the Canadian No. 1 , Sabir Butt , and the effects of influenza here yesterday , writes Richard Eaton from Kuala Lumpur . |
| 18 | There were tears in the girls ' eyes as they tried to smile back . |
| 19 | There was at least something to be said , after all , for a poor-relief system which was adaptable to suit personal need as it arose ; for all the parsimony of parish overseers , careful guardians of the ratepayers ' monies as they were , they were dealing with paupers whom they knew as people . |
| 20 | The court was quiet except for the scratching of the clerks ' quills as they sat around their green baize-topped table . |
| 21 | Bodie glanced at the wreck of the Stones ' car as it was slowly winched back across the pavement by the police breakdown truck . |