Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] a [noun pl] ['s] " 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 | Top ticket price at Washington 's Uptown Theatre was £6,500 , the lowest £150 , while about 300 inner-city youngsters went free as proceeds boosted a children 's charity . |
| 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 | At about 11.05 , Mr Maxwell 's solicitors handed a bankers ' draft , drawn on Midland Bank , to the liquidators ' solicitor Margaret Cole . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In effect , the Bermuda talks produced a gentlemen 's agreement that neither country 's airlines would take unfair advantage of the market . |