Example sentences of "[noun] ' and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes Bernard would make his wife leave the room , telling her , ‘ This is boys ’ business ' and she would meekly obey . |
2 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
3 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
4 | No I did it to Marks ' then blamed it on Cherubs and Cherub come over and did it to Marks ' and I admitted to it , or so or |
5 | When the country was united under one king in about 3100 BC , beginning the First Dynasty , the name of the king was preceded by the title " Horus ' and he was thought to be " the living Horus ' and therefore a god on earth , From the Fourth Dynasty he added the title " Son of Re " to his names . |
6 | " Geometry " itself does not encompass such a clearly unitary idea as " number " or " measures ' and it is consequently more difficult to represent in a linked set of the main procedural aspects . |
7 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |