Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | A third group were idealists and enlisted with the Artists ' Rifles and other forces , whether or not they were physically suited for fighting . |
| 32 | A third group were idealists and enlisted with the Artists ' Rifles and other forces , whether or not they were physically suited for fighting . |
| 33 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |
| 34 | On the rare occasions when we went away for a fortnight — to my grandfather 's dank cottage on the Welsh border , land of the slate grey sky — I could hardly wait to get back and listen to the two-weeks ' worth of messages crammed on my answering machine . |