Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the guards ' room I was shown two videos . |
| 2 | When the TUC expelled the electricians ' union it was Jordan who determinedly merged his engineering union with theirs , to the fury of the hard left . |
| 3 | ‘ In about six months ' time I 'm going to be a father . ’ |
| 4 | But the Cup finalists ' plight they are one point above a relegation spot means acting manager Malcolm Crosby is considering plunging Bracewell into his side 's battle against relegation . |
| 5 | As long as you live in your parents ' home you are a child , their child , and they will treat you as such . |
| 6 | In the form of application in relation to the house buyers ' report it is stated : |
| 7 | After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced . |
| 8 | After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody . |
| 9 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 10 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 11 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 12 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |
| 13 | I , I would , I would be very surprised if the communists understood how deterministic idea of erm some sort of progression , I think you ca n't really say in about ten years ' time we 're gon na be here |
| 14 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 15 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 16 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |
| 17 | For example , interest on debentures is treated as a cost , so it is deducted from income ( because from the shareholders ' viewpoint it is a cost ) . |
| 18 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 19 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 20 | Kazakhstan currently has one radioactive waste burial site , but in scientists ' opinion it is unsafe . |
| 21 | Where Janice is concerned , Stevely said he had watched , almost spellbound , as she turned , in the space of 12 months , from " a seemingly ordinary nine handicapper " into the Scottish Girls ' Champion she is today . |
| 22 | From the pupils ' perspective they are not there to accept passively any offensive action on the part of the teachers merely because they are pupils . |
| 23 | It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting . |
| 24 | The following day I asked the young women of an all-girls ' school I was visiting if they had seen her , and what they thought . |