Example sentences of "the [noun] ' [noun sg] where [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 2 | They stumbled and laughed down the tiny lane to the Littles ' cottage where they parted . |
| 3 | At the girls ' establishment where she had been sent at huge expense to learn music and French and to carry out the ornate disciplines conceived by the headmistress — including communal teeth-washing in the gardens , winter and summer , and then communal gargling into the rosebeds , which the headmistress regarded as a form of manure-spreading — the pain was put down to growing too fast . |
| 4 | She made small-talk with Amy and Roger Dyson and greeted about fifty more guests before excusing herself to go to the ladies ' room where she met Elaine powdering her nose . |
| 5 | I got myself elected onto the Students ' Council where I muddled through , never having read the agenda papers and often not knowing what on earth everyone else was talking about . |
| 6 | Her mother had telephoned her at the nurses ' home where she had been living and had asked her if she could come home . |