Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thieves made off with £50 in cash from an old folks ' home in Windsor Court , off Newton Lane , Darlington . |
| 2 | If anyone is interested in playing for an Old Peoples ' Class on Friday mornings , starting in September at Dulwich , please contact . |
| 3 | An enterprising parents ' association at one primary school took on the short term lease of a shop in the local High Street in the pre-Christmas period and made a substantial profit by buying in stock from discount warehouses and retailing in competition with other traders . |
| 4 | Precedents have been set by the Trans-Pennine Movement ( with an all-party MPs ' group in support ) , by the powerful counter-action in the North East when Scottish devolution was in the air ; the developmental spirit of the regional economic planning councils abolished by government in 1979 is abroad again , though unconnected , in all three regions . |
| 5 | The 18-year-old Ryton Comprehensive School pupil was over two seconds behind winner Debbie France , of Hull Achilles , but demonstrated the kind of talent which won her an English Schools ' title at Derby two years ago . |
| 6 | With an English manager in Geoff Cooke and an English forwards ' coach in Dick Best — as well as 16 Englishmen in the playing party — Hastings ' appointment in tandem with McGeechan 's at least gives the party a semblance of Celtic influence . |
| 7 | The Opposition was returned with an absolute Commons ' majority in 1924 , 1945 , 1951 , 1964 , 1970 and 1979 . |
| 8 | Central 's fraud officers were called in by Falkirk after an independent auditors ' report on the club 's finances . |
| 9 | Western Legend , off the course all last season with leg problems after gaining four victories early in his chasing career , returned to top form last month when scoring unchallenged in an amateur riders ' chase at Wincanton . |
| 10 | Thus resulted in a correspondence with Mr D.S.V. Fosten , who gave his opinion that is was a rare specimen of an other ranks ' jacket of the period , and that the wings and blue grenade patches were unlike any he had ever seen . |
| 11 | This is an amusing adults ' game with limited value . |