Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANC officials called for police help during the weekend of April 13-14 when some 500 armed Inkatha supporters attacked a workers ' hostel near the Mandelas ' home in Soweto . |
| 2 | In 1950 the Circuit organized a Veterans ' Tea , held in Thomas Street Lecture Hall on Thursday 26 October . |
| 3 | As far as the school was concerned , the fact that so many parents attended a parents ' evening was ‘ an indication of the kind of area we are dealing with … where parents are interested in their children 's education and want to play as full a part as possible . ’ |
| 4 | As part of the recent Belfast Civic Festival celebrations the IFA staged a kids ' five-a-side soccer tournament in the Shankill Leisure Centre . |
| 5 | At about 11.05 , Mr Maxwell 's solicitors handed a bankers ' draft , drawn on Midland Bank , to the liquidators ' solicitor Margaret Cole . |
| 6 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |
| 7 | The meeting established an officers ' co-ordination council , of about 100 elected members , to put the army 's point of view in CIS negotiations on military and strategic issues . |
| 8 | A good deal of discussion focussed , in the early meetings , on whether and how to reduce the ‘ all-pervading ’ influence of the subject boards , and at its second meeting discussed an officers ' draft paper which sought to undermine the boards and considered the pros and cons of the CNAA relating primarily to institutions as a whole . |
| 9 | The team had a supporters ' club in which local women were represented . |
| 10 | Another happy collaboration between the Sports Council 's Greater London and South East Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group and the Westminster City Council resulted in a superb participatory weekend of movement and dance held at the Seymour Leisure Centre , 24–25 October , at which the Medau Society provided a Teachers ' Workshop and a Recreational Class , both taught by Margaret Charlwood . |
| 11 | According to Connor , Hampson threatened a players ' strike unless the travel ban was lifted but after a rebuke from Chapman acquiesced in the situation . |
| 12 | On July 22 , 1991 , the government published a Citizens ' Charter intended to improve public services [ see p. 38355 ] . |
| 13 | Coventry manager Gould was advised by West Brom chairman Trevor Summers not to go because police feared a fans ' backlash after Gould 's sacking by the club last season . |
| 14 | Rufus had an out-patients ' clinic and then a ward round , in the afternoon a very frightened woman to see in Wimpole Street , a woman who needed his kind reassurance , his urbane ways , the proffered cigarette , the support . |
| 15 | At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 16 | Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 17 | At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 18 | Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 19 | Joan formed a ladies ' committee at Trentham Park Golf Club dedicated to achieving the target . |
| 20 | Australian coach Bob Dwyer and his squad attended a competitors ' briefing after training . |
| 21 | In 1916 the 2nd Earl of Feversham was killed at the Battle of the Somme and the house became a girls ' school until 1895 . |
| 22 | The house became a girls ' school until 1980 when the grounds were developed for housing . |