Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | I found the authors ' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating . |
2 | Perhaps it was unkind of me , but I mentioned the Workers ' Education Classes . |
3 | For the first time I noticed the brothers ' yarmulkes in the somewhat subdued light of the boardroom , plain black skullcaps blending in with the pale glow of the room . |
4 | I heard the malais ' boots overhead . |
5 | ‘ When I heard The Sugarcubes ' cut , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
6 | ‘ When I heard The Sugarcubes ' cut , I realised this vague concept could really work . |
7 | I was able to persuade my chief ground instructor to let the crews pick themselves , I placed the pilots ' names on a blackboard with four spare slots for the rest of the crew . |
8 | But above all , I saw the sabs ' devotion to the cause . |
9 | My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name . |
10 | I saw the millionaires ' mile in Miami , Florida , where the richest people live marooned on small islands in a bay . |
11 | It failed to strike me immediately , and I questioned the judges ' decision — replacing it with one of the entries to the three veneers class . |
12 | I said the kids ' crusade was curdling now , everyone had overdosed , but she would n't listen . |
13 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
14 | ‘ I hope not , ’ Sophie said involuntarily , then flushed as she met the others ' surprised looks . |
15 | As she passed the Haynes ' cottage , it seemed something was amiss there , too . |
16 | ‘ How 's your mother , Nurse Avery ? ’ asked Sister Robinson , as she approached the nurses ' station where Juliet was studying Bobbie Cole 's test results . |
17 | Joyce Barr was again in commanding form as she lifted the ladies ' title bearing Margaret Holligan of Economics . |
18 | Initially she welcomed the professionals ' involvement because she believed this might result in help and advice in identifying the reasons for Tom 's deteriorating behaviour . |
19 | Again she heard the boys ' warm approving voices , voices that left her outside the heat of that dangerous moment . |
20 | She heard the Josephs ' astonishment and their feet close after her . |
21 | Negotiating a few cairns , falling into a stream or two , arid avoiding the tempting green sheep-track to the left that would lead you straight into a bog , you followed the pilgrims ' way ever downwards . |
22 | I wonder if he would have had any joy that day … only if you tied the rabbits ' legs together , I expect . |
23 | Presumably few people said ‘ No ’ to him , Well , Kelly reflected as she dialled the Templemans ' number angrily , there was a first time for everything . |
24 | She volunteered the information that her eldest daughter was ‘ that good with little ones ’ , also that her eldest son , Bert , then fifteen and dead set on becoming a fisherman , might nevertheless be able to lend a hand now and then on ‘ the farm ’ , as she called the Tremaynes ' few acres . |
25 | Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line . |
26 | She rang the Templemans ' number . |
27 | In 1951 came the excitement of the MEdaus ' visit ; the next year Hilda became the Society 's first reassurer ; then in preparation for her move to Weston-Super-Mare in 1961 , she took the leaders ' training . |
28 | She had no travellers ' tales , no air of a person who had been on a journey , and I knew she would be both disbelieving and resentful if I should try to describe the eternal vistas I had glimpsed . |
29 | She said the Serbs ' agreement to let the convoy move on would not affect the UNHCR 's decision , announced on Wednesday , to suspend relief operations for Bosnia-Herzegovina because all sides in the conflict there were playing politics with humanitarian aid . |
30 | We visited the Workers ' Scientific Institute , the Russian Geographic Society 's headquarters and museum , and the St Innocent 's monastery , just outside the town . |