Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when it became clear that the rules made it impossible for them to shake the landowners ' grip on the zemstvos did interest decline so that the last pre-war zemstvo elections were marked by peasant apathy . |
| 2 | I found the authors ' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was unkind of me , but I mentioned the Workers ' Education Classes . |
| 4 | For the first time I noticed the brothers ' yarmulkes in the somewhat subdued light of the boardroom , plain black skullcaps blending in with the pale glow of the room . |
| 5 | I 'm Raymond , and I attend the Friends ' Meeting here . |
| 6 | The first time I visit the Ladies ' Pond , I exclaim to Kelly , ‘ It 's like a Fellini film , ’ to which she says in a lazy Scottish brogue , ‘ Perhaps … |
| 7 | Erm first of all may I move the officers ' erm recommendations on the paper if that 's in order and I hope erm to save er to comment on the |
| 8 | I heard the malais ' boots overhead . |
| 9 | ‘ When I heard The Sugarcubes ' cut , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 10 | ‘ When I heard The Sugarcubes ' cut , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
| 11 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
| 12 | I was able to persuade my chief ground instructor to let the crews pick themselves , I placed the pilots ' names on a blackboard with four spare slots for the rest of the crew . |
| 13 | But above all , I saw the sabs ' devotion to the cause . |
| 14 | My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name . |
| 15 | I saw the millionaires ' mile in Miami , Florida , where the richest people live marooned on small islands in a bay . |
| 16 | It failed to strike me immediately , and I questioned the judges ' decision — replacing it with one of the entries to the three veneers class . |
| 17 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
| 18 | Yes , yes , it , it hit , it hit us dreadfully yes , yes and you , you would 've , this er chappie who showed us slides , he showed us erm er you know the soup kitchens that we did erm they did and I think the Guilds ' women were involved with that you know . |
| 19 | I employ the term ' sharing' in a technical sense to distinguish it from ‘ reciprocity ’ as a specific type of transaction . |
| 20 | I said the kids ' crusade was curdling now , everyone had overdosed , but she would n't listen . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm very grateful to the Board for the grant , but I have estimated it will cost us around £ a month for a two bedroomed flat in Bristol , and I have the kids ' uniforms for college and all my books to buy . |
| 22 | I see the Canaries ' fall as the shake-up into a new , possibly permanent , top four : Blackburn , United , Villa and QPR . |
| 23 | Although she no longer dominated the proceedings , Tamar was certain that it was the older woman 's presence which dampened the workers ' enthusiasm and made the meal and the dancing which followed , restrained and formal . |
| 24 | In this connection it is worth bearing in mind that a hospital birth will be recorded in the registration district in which the hospital stands and not in the district which contains the parents ' home . |
| 25 | The " doves " had agreed to withdraw their own amendment , which mentioned the Palestinians ' " right to self-determination " . |
| 26 | The highest point in this reluctance to intervene with governmental activities was reached in the mid-1950s when the House of Lords interpreted a statutory provision , which limited the courts ' jurisdiction to review a compulsory purchase order on land , so broadly that even fraud by public servants was held not to entitle the owner to bring an action . |
| 27 | There is some uncertainty about the extent to which aligning the deuterons ' spin could improve the D-D reaction rate — it could be between 1–5 to 2–5 times higher with polarised deuterons . |
| 28 | However , Koch argues that acceptability drives the rest : " the ability to provide any service which meets the patients ' needs or expectations , or is seen to make stupendous efforts towards this , will be a major quality predictor of success " ( Koch 1990 : 132 ) . |
| 29 | A single grub feeds on its gall for two years before emerging , and as the beetle is a scarce and secretive creature , it is often only the galls which reveal the species ' presence . |
| 30 | Another ferret disease is mange , which affects the animals ' feet and tails . |