Example sentences of "was [vb pp] to the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Crown 's powers of inclosure were greatly limited , and statutory definition was given to the commoners ' rights , which they could freely exercise under the supervision of the verderers : the Court of Verderers was reconstituted for this purpose . |
| 2 | In respect of one item the credit period expired at midnight on 1 December and property in it was transferred to the buyers ' customer on 2 December . |
| 3 | He speared a full-toss into Stewart 's pads , out of the dark Press-box window , and what somebody calculated as the 27th appeal of the innings was answered to the Pakistanis ' exquisite satisfaction . |
| 4 | He helped umpire Barry Meyer to repair the damage , but was called to the umpires ' room at the close of play . |
| 5 | Some sympathetic mothers covered it with bandages and bulging dressings and I was driven to the doctors ' where I was given a more impressive bandage , leaving my finger looking the size of a small banana . |
| 6 | On 18 November 1898 Miss Smart was appointed to the Girls ' School at £50 rising to £60 per annum , and Miss Townsend appointed Certificated Assistant at £65 , rising to £75 per annum . |
| 7 | In 1932 Broom was elected to the Headmasters ' Conference and the school therefore became officially a Public School — albeit in a somewhat special sense . |
| 8 | Durham , in 1923 , the son of Henry Percy and Stella Barclay Douglas , Mr Douglas was sent to the Friends ' School after attending St. Olave 's Boys ' Preparatory School in Ripon now attached to the cathedral as the choir school . |
| 9 | The community house was donated to the residents ' association by the Housing Executive and will be run by volunteers from the estate . |