Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun prp] ' [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no point denying that there was a ‘ free fight ’ in Bean Street between the Powers ' and Jenkins ' families , with men rolling on the ground . |
| 2 | From 1643 until c .1660 , Mills was bricklayer to the City of London and from 1649 until 1660 was master of the Tylers ' and Bricklayers ' Company . |
| 3 | According to Nick Granger , director of the Shipbuilders ' and Shiprepairers ' Association , the equipment is 1960s vintage . |
| 4 | ( Steel was an old acquaintance of the Ceauşescus ' and once gave Nicolae a dog . |
| 5 | It was n't the custom , really , but the landlord and his wife , Mr and Mrs Wallace , were friends of the Brittons ' and knew Uncle as well , so they agreed to lay on a nice tea . |
| 6 | Alice Wilson 's cellar dwelling with its brick floor ‘ so damp that it seemed as if the last washing could never dry up ’ would not be far distant from the Davenports ' if the nature of that ‘ dampness ’ were defined . |
| 7 | Reluctantly Theodora turned towards the gate to walk back to the Julians ' and the interrogatory telephone . |
| 8 | June Roberts said she 'd gone out in the car , saying nothing except that she 'd be back in time for cocktails at the Clarkes ' as she had promised , a business thing for Samuel . |
| 9 | All four were fond of playing cards , and they met occasionally for whist or bridge , either at the Youngs ' or the Lovells ' newer house along the road to the north . |
| 10 | This was true of his walks , of his quiet dinners at the Davidsons ' or in the Travellers ' Club , of his afternoons of reading or letter-writing . |
| 11 | Remembering all the dinners he had eaten at the Dysons ' when he had been living on his own , Bob invited Morris back to his flat one evening so that Tessa could cook dinner for him in his turn . |