Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |
2 | I now felt far more confident and comfortable knowing that I could refuse to go along with the guards ' antics if they really upset me . |
3 | You know , we 've worked hard on trying to get it in everywhere , into peoples ' notices and we 've linked up with Art Week quite well , as well . |
4 | It seems irresponsible and morally indefensible to intervene in clients ' lives if you are uncertain about what can be achieved and the best methods of doing so . |
5 | In the town of Newton Stewart , not too far from Annan , a solicitor , Giles Davies , lost £1.8 million from his clients ' accounts because he became embroiled in a similar deal . |
6 | Expert clauses very commonly provide that the decision will be final and binding , and it is clearly in the parties ' interests that it should be so . |
7 | In such cases the court will , when giving reasons for striking out and after hearing the parties ' representatives if they wish , indicate who in its view is to blame for the delay , thus assisting the process of professional disciplinary sanctions and the pursuit of compensation by litigants . |
8 | The two kids were against her , one on each side , and she had her small and narrow arms round her kids ' shoulders and she pulled them to her . |
9 | Well , I am alas going to have to leave out my discussion of God in Paradise Lost , the question of whether , by presenting the obedience to God you can somehow make it more palatable to the readers ' tastes than you could if it was entirely thought of as a secular morality . |
10 | How can any governing body discuss or ratify headteachers ' proposals unless they are aware of recent educational reforms and thinking , understand the schools ' organisation and planning and know of its successes and anticipated problems ? |
11 | Directors of limited companies are not personally liable for their companies ' debts unless you get a guarantee from them . |
12 | And zero shareholders have preferential rights to trusts ' assets when they are wound up . |
13 | It 's for this reason that many of the shop stewards ' conferences that we 've convened in the last year have been pressing a policy of consolidating bonus pay into the basic rates and we 've achieved some small success in this in building brick and in one or two other industries . |
14 | He agreed the team had infringed the defendants ' rights when they wrote a book on the case . |
15 | We were warned not to dress in our parents ' clothes and he threatened Frankie with his belt , but nothing more was said about it . |
16 | He graduated from Valdese High School , studied chemistry at Wake-Forest University in North Carolina and then had to face a hard choice between his parents ' wishes that he return to work in the family businesses and his own strong interest in chemistry . |
17 | The parents charter will enhance parental choice and strengthen parents ' rights and it will make far more information available to help parents to exercise those rights . |
18 | In some extraordinary manner the children seemed better able to cope with their parents ' injuries when they were well away from the hospital . |
19 | Certain observations by the Royal Commission , notably concerning an apparent conflict between rules 3 and 7 of the Judges ' Rules as they then stood , led the Home Secretary to seek the advice of the judges . |
20 | They apply to different communities , they have responded to different communities ' needs but they also contribute to a ripple effect of achievement at national and international levels which will ultimately benefit the lives of many more children . |
21 | A sharp easterly wind hurled hail on the troops ' backs as they marched . |
22 | lives or is that talking about they 've approached straight line that 's already there in heaven , in other words , the , the , you know that the understanding which I have it from this bible is er that seems to be suggesting that er that 's talking about apos the apostles ' lives before they died , our spiritual lives with brightest ones who have at that er point been made perfect by being prepared to go where they 're going |
23 | Certainly , pet owners and expert ethologists alike can generally tell from cats ' and dogs ' expressions whether they are likely to attack or escape . |
24 | But it seems that that is n't what 's being taught , and therefore , in information about that comes , well either via your own experience or talking with friends or reading womens ' magazines or I mean whe , where do we actually get our education from ? |
25 | It looks like any high street sweatshop except for the light streaming through the huge windows looking across Paris , the dummies bearing the names an exact shapes of various famous models and customers , and the quiet pride in the workers ' faces as they attach elaborately-tooled gold leather to a bustier , hand-embroidered velvet details to a pocket flap , a mink trim to an underskirt . |
26 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
27 | If you have paid six full years ' contributions before you cease payments , the Society will make your policy paid-up , leaving the units purchased to remain invested until such time you make a request to encash them . |
28 | The two singles wins for Berkshire left the reigning champions in an irretrievable position and the home side added a dash more salt to their opponents ' wounds as they clinched a full eight victory points from the remaining doubles victory . |
29 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
30 | Many would-be claimants are so afraid of going into solicitors ' offices that they try the local Citizens ' Advice Bureau ( CAB ) first . |