Example sentences of "a [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't understand why I should want to leave the relative safety of the house in Fulham to walk into a hornets ' nest of horrified disapproval and rejection . |
| 2 | Many clutched a commuters ' breakfast of buttered bun and polystyrene cup of coffee , weighing up the dilemma of being late for work against the lure of easy money . |
| 3 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
| 4 | Attention has quite justifiably been drawn to the fact that we have not had anything in the way of a Teachers ' Forum for some years . |
| 5 | The house became a girls ' school until 1980 when the grounds were developed for housing . |
| 6 | In 1916 the 2nd Earl of Feversham was killed at the Battle of the Somme and the house became a girls ' school until 1895 . |
| 7 | By 1701 Myddlewood had attracted a squatters ' colony of fourteen cottages that formed a distinct , new settlement between Myddle village and the hamlet of Marton . |
| 8 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |
| 9 | They have already appointed a gates ' superintendent for this year to ensure no one slips through the entrances without paying . |
| 10 | They are now recognised as a branch of the British Conservative and Unionist Party , but only thanks to a peasants ' revolt within that party , and no thanks at all to the mandarins of Central Office . |
| 11 | Pop and I had never had much to do with a soldiers ' club-except for that brief time in Maymyo , which was more of a hospital than a club , but now we had to feed and house soldiers on leave , poor men who were tired and bored and away from their families . |
| 12 | It would prevent our living in a fools ' paradise of false prosperity . |
| 13 | They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment . |
| 14 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
| 15 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has launched a developers ' program for independent software vendors who will use its Novell NetWare connectivity product , SCO IPX/SPX : an early release , supporting Streams , is out now — a commercial release goes out in the third quarter . |