Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the saddles off my persecutors ' bikes disappeared one lunchtime , and they had to ride home , as Oliver put it , in ‘ discomfort bordering on danger ’ . |
| 2 | Has my right hon. Friend had the opportunity to read the scandalously deceitful national health service trust ballot which was put through my constituents ' letter boxes by Labour-controlled Harlow council — at an expense to the charge payers of £25,000 ? |
| 3 | I hope that I can approach the issue as a fighter for my constituents ' interests while at the same time recognising the broader issues . |
| 4 | Daniel 's story certainly confirmed to me that I did the right thing — and that I should have done it years ago , if only for my children 's sake . |
| 5 | ’ I spend most of my time working so most of my money goes in the bank for a rainy day or for my children 's education . |
| 6 | its officials are adequately trained to look after their members ' interests in an efficient and responsible way . |
| 7 | It is interesting that both Mrs Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett only entered public life as feminists after their husbands ' deaths . |
| 8 | Many people feel that they would like to look after their children 's party themselves and this book is designed to help them do that . |
| 9 | As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you would need real financial help . |
| 10 | As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you need real financial help . |
| 11 | This was the autumn of 1982 , immediately after the Falklands war , and the public image of the Parachute Regiment was in high profile after its members ' achievements in the South Atlantic ; they had won two Victoria Crosses and had fought at Mount Longdon , Goose Green and Wireless Ridge . |
| 12 | The first school to take successful legal action to compel its own LEA to provide sufficient accommodation will gain a deserved reputation for looking after its pupils ' interests . |
| 13 | And Melanie 's aunt might be important if Loretta was going to pursue this line of inquiry : presumably it was she who had brought up the girl after her parents ' death in the plane crash . |
| 14 | She lost two thirds of her blood and was close to death after her grandparents ' two 10-stone great danes suddenly turned on her . |
| 15 | In practice , very few Romanians would have recognized Valentin Ceauşescu before his family was exposed to public denunciation after his parents ' fall . |
| 16 | ANGUISHED William McGovern , 12 , hanged himself in Wishaw , Lanarkshire , four days after his parents ' divorce . |
| 17 | Edgar Linton was still in love with her , and thought himself the happiest man on earth when he married her three years after his parents ' death . |
| 18 | It is said that the vicar fell out with the church when , some years after his children 's deaths , he was denied permission to erect a monument in the churchyard . |
| 19 | Although , long before Johnson , Daniel Defoe found Elgin ‘ a very agreeable place to live in ’ — those gentry not wishing to venture as far as Edinburgh or London came in from the Highlands for the winter — Elgin 's time came later : a half-century after our heroes ' visit , it became a little classical Victorian market town whose streets and suburbs echoed Edinburgh 's New Town in elegance and spaciousness . |
| 20 | This ungiving endurance is admired by working-class boys who grow up to write about their mothers ' flinty courage . |
| 21 | of business men were less optimistic about their companies ' prospects . |
| 22 | However , half of the chief executives polled were optimistic about their companies ' prospects , while only 35 per cent voiced concern . |
| 23 | First of all , children were likely to protest about their parents ' departure . |
| 24 | Although it was 12 years ago , both vividly remember the day they learned about their parents ' seperation . |
| 25 | Glancing up , she caught Ross 's nod and warm smile of approval at the efforts she was making to reassure Emma and Sophie about their parents ' condition . |
| 26 | All seven families with a transient result were interviewed to gain their perspective of the programme and ensure they had no lingering doubts about their sons ' health . |
| 27 | The others have been very positive about the programme , stating that they preferred to know about their sons ' condition from an early stage . |
| 28 | Yet even peasants , bounded through their lives mostly by their immediate vicinity , could sometimes travel further afield , whether pursuing a legal claim , like the Mitry group , or about their lords ' business , like the men of St-Germain-des- Prés who owned transport-services between Anjou and the Paris neighbourhood . |
| 29 | However , many of the very same down-trodden , whom Khomeini liked to call the ‘ shoeless ’ , are sceptical about their leaders ' empty promises . |
| 30 | Readers of right-wing papers were well aware of their papers ' pro-Conservative and anti-Labour bias though less unanimous about their papers ' anti-Alliance bias . |