Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praising my hands ' skill . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | No she 's single actually , she lives her parents ' house |
| 4 | This partly accounts for the importance which farmers attach to cultivating their workers ' loyalty . |
| 5 | Some will guarantee their members ' work for a small fee , usually about 1% of the estimate . |
| 6 | Many partners make personal commitments to a school , for others they are representing their companies ' commitment to this activity , and for some it is their job . |
| 7 | SO Mr Clarke says the ambulance dispute was caused by the ambulance crews ' failure to accept their leaders ' recommendation . |
| 8 | Wakes up each day demanding ‘ What is fresh in the market ? ’ , buys only the best , and creates a superb , no-choice menu — reaffirming her customers ' belief in her quality every day . |
| 9 | For the Bristol graduate Convocation represents an opportunity to see that the University has its graduates ' advice on how to preserve what is good while changing to meet the needs of the future . |
| 10 | In the meantime , Zealot contingents commanded by a descendant of Judas of Galilee seized the fortress of Masada on the Dead Sea , exterminated the Roman garrison and prepared defensive installations that would withstand their enemies ' siege until A.D. 73 . |
| 11 | There was one particular aspect to which all commentators drew their readers ' attention : his sensuality , referred to above . |
| 12 | Again all good schools already monitored their pupils ' progress , so how could one object ? |
| 13 | The education authority says there 's a national shortage of teachers , but the parents say their youngsters ' education is suffering . |
| 14 | And the news has been met with great excitement by scientists in Liverpool who say their colleagues ' work could provide the missing pieces in the puzzle . |
| 15 | A FOOTBALL team is putting rivals in the shade — after painting their opponents ' dressing room PINK . |
| 16 | Most tenants of local authorities , new towns and housing associations can now take in lodgers if they wish and they do not need their landlords ' consent to do so . |
| 17 | The Association of University Teachers is marking St Valentine 's weekend by cooling its members ' enthusiasm for intimate one-to-one tutorials . |
| 18 | She went into the churchyard and found their parents ' grave . |
| 19 | Lest I be accused of caricaturing the West Indian family 's approach to its child 's education , let me add some tempering comments from sportsmen who found their parents ' blend of discipline and encouragement satisfactory . |
| 20 | Crooked bosses can easily steal their workers ' pension cash MP 's revealed in a shock report . |
| 21 | However , where a listed company makes a reverse takeover offer for an unlisted company it is required to obtain its shareholders ' approval , its listing will be suspended and , subject to one exemption , it will be treated as a new applicant for listing ( for a description of the relevant Yellow Book rules see para 17.2.7 below ) . |
| 22 | Local councils have voted their ratepayers ' money to help executives defend their reputations , the BBC hazarded licence-money in backing Desmond Wilcox 's claim against " Private Eye " , and the Foreign Office footed the legal bill for diplomats accused of " covering up " the truth about the death of nurse Helen Smith . |
| 23 | When they launched themselves into production in 1922 , Balcon and Saville with Woman to Woman , the story of a shell-shocked officer who comes out of amnesia to discover the truth about his sordid past , and Wilcox with two films of which the second , a florid melodrama called The Flames of Passion , was a hit , they used the same director , Graham Cutts , and judged it worthwhile incurring the expense of bringing over American stars , Betty Compson for Woman , Mae Marsh for Flames , in order to increase their films ' marquee value at home and abroad . |
| 24 | Married women observe vratas to keep their husbands safe and healthy till they themselves die , to increase their husbands ' fortune and to preserve their husbands ' affection . |
| 25 | ‘ I was ill over there , ’ he said , noticing his parents ' concern . |
| 26 | A doctor found his patients ' interest in his electric wheelchair useful in this respect , and a social worker found that his guide dog helped : ‘ Even when there 's an awful atmosphere he 's wagging his tail . |
| 27 | We want our pupils ' time here to be an exciting period of hard work and play , and of discovery about ideas and feelings . |
| 28 | Coal powered factories , warmed homes and moved the railway steam engines ( as well as polluting our cities ' air ) . |
| 29 | We need to have strict laws protecting our members ' pension funds . |
| 30 | With a view to persuading your Lordships to restore the order of Buckley J. , the plaintiffs , who are the appellants in the circumstances described , have put their argument in a number of different ways , but only the last need , in my opinion , seriously occupy your Lordships ' attention . |