Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun pl] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molla Fenari and Seyh Bedreddin shared a devotion to the thought of Ibn al-Arabi , and it may well be that even if Molla Fenari thoroughly disapproved of the rebels ' activities he was compromised in the eyes of many by those shared beliefs . |
| 2 | We go on being as good , or better so that in our customers ' eyes we are always their Company of the Year — every year . |
| 3 | In both characters ' lives it was mainly men who had oppressed them , for Phyllisia it was her father who preferred her sister , Ruby . |
| 4 | Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) . |
| 5 | In the " Old Rental " of 1682 certain properties were described as " Proper lands " and were " supposed " to be the benefaction of Sir Edmond ; according to the Goldsmiths ' records they were yielding only 56 13 4d a year between 1671 and 1720 , or only a little more than half as much again as the rent receivable two centuries earlier . |
| 6 | In ladies ' shoes it was a thinner leather and the men 's shoes it was a thicker leather . |
| 7 | Collectors ' items they are , you know . ’ |
| 8 | Before we learned the boys ' names they were referred to as the fair boy ; a positive attribute , and the fat boy ; a physical defect . |