Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a trade catalogue issued by Turner of Farringdon Street , London , in 1838 we get an overview of the types of coffin used at that time : thirty-three are described , of which fourteen styles were for children 's coffins only . |
| 2 | Legislation was seen as the key to securing reforms that were in women 's interests . |
| 3 | The fact that at least half of the children who waited in long-term care were in children 's homes became the more powerful message . |
| 4 | While they endured the loneliness of the enforced separation , the humiliation of intimate medical examinations , and harrowing interview sessions , their parents were at Children 's Hearings in Kirkwall , starting the bitter fight for their return . |
| 5 | ‘ That was for Andropulos 's benefit . |
| 6 | The Pill was as much about men 's sexual liberation as it ever was about women 's , because it purged their fear of paternity . |
| 7 | Everywhere the conversation was of children 's books , because of Shona Innes ' popular quiz , of course 550 copies were sold . |
| 8 | However , he was told that the best use of his talents was with children 's work . |
| 9 | Yes , I was in women 's clothing . |
| 10 | At that time the only market for illustrators was in children 's books , the Radio times and realistic stuff for women 's magazines and paperbacks . |
| 11 | I read women authors voraciously , and when you consider this was in pre-Women 's Press and Virago days , it meant I read a strange variety of subjects : history , travel , witchcraft , politics , poetry , theology , philosophy , even Victorian novelettes on the evils of alcohol inspired by the Temperance League . |