Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh he said I said it 's six weeks ' that she 's been here . |
| 2 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |
| 3 | He believed that induced abortion was an outrage against women 's health when performed in inadequate conditions ' but he did not believe that it should be made legal . |
| 4 | In earlier decades — say , from the 1950s to the 1970s — most but not all college students were secondary school-leavers — now called " traditional students ' because they arrive at college via the traditional route from school . |
| 5 | Most prisoners are badly tortured and forced to sign unread confessions ' before they are passed to the state prison . |
| 6 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 7 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |