Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | probably it would be the efficiency with which my artists ' careers are dealt with , and my brain . |
| 2 | At least two of my contemporaries ' mothers were asked where their newborn babies ' tails were . |
| 3 | Like , the kids were my kids ' age , and , like , my kids still believe in Santa . |
| 4 | I sell Amway products because the company operates only by direct selling ( not through retail shops ) , and I saw being a distributor as a chance for me to raise funds for NCT ( and my kids ' playgroup ! ) |
| 5 | The skilful dealer does all he can to maintain the illusion , by for example , saying reassuringly : " My clients ' interests are my own . " |
| 6 | The telephone answering machine , and my clients ' willingness to talk to me at unusual hours of the day and night , kept me firmly in touch . |
| 7 | If you are able to meet my clients ' price expectations by revising your offer , I would then propose that you meet with them this month to exchange their and your thoughts for the future . |
| 8 | " These are mine , " he said , " for naturally I ca n't give you pears from my brothers ' share . " |
| 9 | As discussions ensue , I am frequently surprised by the rigidity of my enquirers ' attitudes . |
| 10 | I do have to thank on behalf of my stewards ' committee er , Terry who gave us a lot of help and also the er , Regional Section who also helped us . |
| 11 | With a neat and elegant sideways kick of her high-heeled white sandal , she closed the door behind her and sat herself down opposite me in my visitors ' chair . |
| 12 | Tarver still has copies of the original EP for sale if anybody wants to hear My Captains ' Joy Div-derived music at this late stage . |
| 13 | When my parents ' generation were marrying back in the 1920s not everyone had cars and the best man 's responsibility was to organize transport for all the guests . |
| 14 | But for Anglo-Canadians of my parents ' generation the rich immigrant culture of Toronto is more unsettling . |
| 15 | stopped at my parents ' window . |
| 16 | I very much wanted to continue with my studies but had to get married in accordance with my parents ' wishes . |
| 17 | The plum was my parents ' tree , |
| 18 | I had been at St Andrew 's House barely a week , when a telegram arrived at my parents ' home : |
| 19 | It was a coincidence that the previous weekend I had been sorting through an old trunk of mine full of memorabilia at my parents ' home , and came across my membership certificate for the Tailwaggers Club , along with Tailwagger medallion . |
| 20 | But after my divorce , I moved back into my parents ' home because I could n't cope with Anna Alone . |
| 21 | E. Dewell , 7 Church Drive , St Andrews Road , Bishop Auckland : I was having lunch at my parents ' home when my father-in-law , Frederick Dewell , telephoned me with the news . |
| 22 | I could n't do the Forties bit at all , padded shoulders and crêpy things , ugh , and pageboys — I think it must have been purely Oedipal , those were my parents ' things , dammit , what I was getting away from . |
| 23 | I took with me , against my parents ' will , a treasured possession : a plank of wood . |
| 24 | I was just not prepared to let that go when I sold Low Birk Hatt because it was my parents ' dream house . |
| 25 | At age eleven I had gone away from my parents ' school to a boarding school in Herefordshire , and remembered crying miserably as my mother and father drove off down the drive , leaving me to be looked after by one of the older boys . |
| 26 | I was not my parents ' child , but I did not know that then . |
| 27 | My parents ' anxiety stirred like a loose tooth |
| 28 | I 'm trying to explain to you that there was a different atmosphere about it , the whole situation , I know they were hard times , I know that some people had some really rough times but it did n't show very much , and when I come to think of all my parents ' friends I do n't remember anybody having a wife bashing episode or they all seemed to be very contented with their lot somehow except one , and that was a little bit dicey when I was a little kid , but the man died and the Observer the next week the er obituary notice was put in the paper and underneath they 'd got , with Christ which is far better and my father said and they she could n't have said anything better words |
| 29 | The print , called ‘ Suspense ’ , hung over my parents ' bed and from a very early age I wished that I could have a dog like that — have a look at the picture of my Nip on page 110 . |
| 30 | She did n't try overhard , she just wanted to let me know I was secure with her , that the break-up of my parents ' marriage was n't the worst thing that ever happened , and that she had enough love to cover us all . |