Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | McColl is the first Scot to have won a boys ' winter series title . |
| 2 | By 1701 Myddlewood had attracted a squatters ' colony of fourteen cottages that formed a distinct , new settlement between Myddle village and the hamlet of Marton . |
| 3 | Another student , who had attended a girls ' grammar , felt that there were important differences between single-sex schools and mixed schools . |
| 4 | When you initially approach an Alexander teacher , make sure that he or she has undergone a teachers ' training course that is recommended by The Society of Alexander Teachers ( STAT ) . |
| 5 | Sondra Locke never would have made a Forces ' pin-up but that did n't deter Clint Eastwood from turning her into a star with lotsa spunk — and they were off-screen lovers — although he could have had his pick of ‘ beautiful broads ’ . |
| 6 | Maybe they all wanted a rest , or did n't rate the £550,000 prize-money , or were n't offered a skins ' game as an enticement to attend . |
| 7 | The more militant among them have formed a bakers ' commando and have blown up several stores belonging to their ‘ industrial ’ enemies . |
| 8 | If that suggests an odd set of priorities in what is still quaintly called a players ' game , at least the 21 wore the familiar red jersey with the famous crest , white shorts and blue and green socks . |
| 9 | THE Official Receiver of UK Land 's £60 million Northampton Business Park has called a creditors ' meeting . |
| 10 | One day a trunk-load of winter woollens turned up , a gift from Johannesburg where a news item in the local paper had inspired a ladies ' circle to start knitting . |
| 11 | At the press conference , Waldegrave recalled a visit to a UK university , where he had noted a visitors ' book full of Japanese names . |
| 12 | TELEVISION presenter Jayne Irving tells me she has become a forces ' pin-up in Bosnia . |
| 13 | The Region also recently sponsored a parents ' evening at Broughton High School , which provided information to around 150 parents on provision including general SVQs and National Certificate Module Clusters . |
| 14 | They have already appointed a gates ' superintendent for this year to ensure no one slips through the entrances without paying . |
| 15 | First World War veterans have fulfilled a lifetimes ' ambition and visited the House of Commons . |
| 16 | Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 allowed a magistrates ' court to pass an aggregate of 12 months ' imprisonment for two or more either way offences . |
| 17 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has launched a developers ' program for independent software vendors who will use its Novell NetWare connectivity product , SCO IPX/SPX : an early release , supporting Streams , is out now — a commercial release goes out in the third quarter . |