Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] [noun pl] ' " 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 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 . |
5 | But above all , I saw the sabs ' devotion to the cause . |
6 | My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name . |
7 | I saw the millionaires ' mile in Miami , Florida , where the richest people live marooned on small islands in a bay . |
8 | It failed to strike me immediately , and I questioned the judges ' decision — replacing it with one of the entries to the three veneers class . |
9 | I said the kids ' crusade was curdling now , everyone had overdosed , but she would n't listen . |
10 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
11 | ‘ I hope not , ’ Sophie said involuntarily , then flushed as she met the others ' surprised looks . |
12 | ‘ How 's your mother , Nurse Avery ? ’ asked Sister Robinson , as she approached the nurses ' station where Juliet was studying Bobbie Cole 's test results . |
13 | Joyce Barr was again in commanding form as she lifted the ladies ' title bearing Margaret Holligan of Economics . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Again she heard the boys ' warm approving voices , voices that left her outside the heat of that dangerous moment . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | I wonder if he would have had any joy that day … only if you tied the rabbits ' legs together , I expect . |
18 | Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | We visited the Workers ' Scientific Institute , the Russian Geographic Society 's headquarters and museum , and the St Innocent 's monastery , just outside the town . |
22 | We measured the patients ' arterial blood gas tensions , forced expiratory volume , and forced vital capacity . |
23 | Minutes later , although we could still see nothing through the trees , we heard the dogs ' excited , nearly frantic , barking . |
24 | We recorded the patients ' presenting symptoms and checked their visual fields with a confrontation test . |
25 | Before we learned the boys ' names they were referred to as the fair boy ; a positive attribute , and the fat boy ; a physical defect . |
26 | " To be honest , even when we had a girls ' training week at Inverclyde it was almost on the schedule that everyone would get legless on one of the evenings . " |
27 | Er , we had a breeders ' meeting in October which was I enjoy them very much , I enjoy the the talk because it 's the first chance I get during the year when I can sit down and listen and I do n't have to worry about them generally , in another club , I do n't have to worry about minutes or anything , I just sit and listen and it 's great it , I really enjoy that . |
28 | well we had a parents ' meeting on Monday night , but I did n't realize there was one |
29 | They got the losers ' medals , in the end , though someone at the FA should get round to re-naming them the runners-up medals . |
30 | And they dismissed an inspectors ' report which doubted standards were being maintained . |