Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | They got the losers ' medals , in the end , though someone at the FA should get round to re-naming them the runners-up medals . |
| 32 | The sun tumbled the islands ' shadows on the sea . |
| 33 | Besides the map , I 'd brought along my faithful compass , and by its reckoning checked the boys ' direction all the time . |
| 34 | During his time at the BBC , when the Home Secretary , Leon Brittan , asked the Corporation not to show a documentary in the Real Lives series dealing with extremist politicians in Northern Ireland , it was Rees-Mogg who led the governors ' demand that the management acquiesce . |
| 35 | The 6ft 10in Scott Paterson led the Riders ' scoring with 26 points . |
| 36 | Defending solicitor Mr. Blundell asked the magistrates to consider whether Mr. Thurgood would have played the part of peacemaker and then gone out and attacked the soldiers ' car . |
| 37 | The plaintiffs disputed the defendants ' accounts for their costs , charges and expenses and the taxing master directed that there be a trial of preliminary issues . |
| 38 | Ron Atkinson , the Sheffield Wednesday manager , yesterday promised the shareholders ' AGM that the team will not be relegated and will climb from the bottom of the First Division by Christmas . |
| 39 | He said the decision to hold the meeting in North Wales demonstrated the Americans ' commitment to the area . |
| 40 | Mr Clayton drew the inspectors ' attention to a village in Argyll , Scotland , where power lines ran along the main street . |
| 41 | In 1846 he entered the engineers ' department of the River Clyde Improvement Trust , shortly afterwards becoming chief assistant and in 1852 acting engineer to the Trust for a short period on the death of David Bremner [ q.v . ] . |
| 42 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
| 43 | She heard Silas 's deep tones speaking to Matt , who happened to be standing near the door , and then a derisive laugh came from behind her as Doreen entered the shearers ' quarters . |
| 44 | Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago . |
| 45 | This remarkable effort soon caught the critics ' attention . |
| 46 | Potts J. dismissed the defendants ' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action . |
| 47 | The judge dismissed the solicitors ' summons . |
| 48 | On 29 July 1991 Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 857 dismissed the solicitors ' summons but gave them leave to appeal . |
| 49 | Nevertheless he dismissed the residents ' protests as mere ‘ inconveniences ’ and insisted ‘ The closure of our Cork plant is in no way a reflection on our workforce , on the IDA , nor the Irish government which extended all possible facilities to our corporation in the difficult times we experienced . |
| 50 | The Court of Appeal similarly dismissed the taxpayers ' further appeal . |
| 51 | The General Commissioners dismissed the taxpayers ' appeal , accepting the Crown 's arguments that there was one practice and that an election under para 21(2) could not be made where a trade was split into two . |
| 52 | The Court of Appeal dismissed the plaintiffs ' appeal from Wright J. 's order , holding that it was not open to the court to devise protection in substitution for the defendants ' privilege against self-incrimination , and that the plaintiffs ' claim was neither proprietary nor within section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 |
| 53 | The war ( September 1939–Armistice June 1940 ) and the Occupation ( 1940–June/August 1944 ) reinforced the authorities ' use of radio for propaganda ; radio , however , emerged from the war and Occupation in less disrepute than the press . |
| 54 | The experience crudely underlined the miners ' feeling that nuclear power was there to take their jobs away . |
| 55 | On 6th June , 1857 he introduced the Public Offices Extension Bill , and it was given a Second Reading on 30th June , the day that he reported the judges ' decisions , when it was referred to a Select Committee . |
| 56 | Tacitical substitutions by Boro' in heats eight and ten stemmed the Diamonds ' surge although the result was never in doubt . |
| 57 | Perhaps it was unkind of me , but I mentioned the Workers ' Education Classes . |
| 58 | The " doves " had agreed to withdraw their own amendment , which mentioned the Palestinians ' " right to self-determination " . |
| 59 | The bank mentioned the brothers ' international shipping interests . |
| 60 | But Mr Leonard 's injuries could have been much worse if a mystery middle-aged man had not risked his own safety and stopped the thugs ' attack . |