Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
| 2 | Comparing your performance with other companies ' brings you back to the real world . |
| 3 | Are these worth while as far as parents ' buying them for their children are concerned ? |
| 4 | Aston Moore of Birchfield , yet another 9-year-old traveller from the West Indies ( from Jamaica in 1968 ) reflected on his parents ' giving him hardly any encouragement at all : ‘ I got the odd comment now and again — ‘ how are you doing ? ’ or whatever … . |
| 5 | An' if you mus ' know I like wearin' nice clothes an' I like the way boys look at me when I go down the schtreet an' I like to look sexy an' I like lipstick an' showin' meself off an' all that I enjoy it . |
| 6 | I phoned the Packard Bell hotline and after a couple of days ' wait they were very helpful . |
| 7 | If Devlin asks , jes ' tell him I 'm followin' a hot line of inquiry , okay ? ’ |
| 8 | But even among the backward and traditional , two kinds of country people were the major pillars of the ancient ways — the old and the women , whose ‘ old wives ’ tales ' passed them on to new generations , and occasionally , for the benefit of city men , to collectors of folklore and folksong . |