Example sentences of "be [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , even those outlets have been drying up because they too have been selling the big breweries ' beer in return for cheap loans . |
| 2 | I have been examining the Liberal Democrats ' environmental document called , ’ Costing the Earth ’ . |
| 3 | A working party chaired by has been examining the Non-Intending Practitioners ' Course . |
| 4 | Finally , if the Prime Minister says , as he rightly does , that one of the centrepieces of reshaping the United Nations so that it can cope with the new challenges to world peace is to strengthen the United Nations ' peacekeeping capacity , why is it that the Government are , I am told , $8 million in arrears with their dues towards United Nations ' peacekeeping ? |
| 5 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |