Example sentences of "[art] [noun] ' [noun sg] they " in BNC.

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1 The limits of critical periods have not been found to be as immutable as was formerly thought , for by manipulating the animals ' experience they can be extended considerably .
2 Owen loved the bustle of the bazaars , of the whole native city , in fact ; but after you had spent some time in them , especially when it was as hot as this , you felt an overwhelming need for space and air , and after forcing their way through the blocked thoroughfares of the Tentmakers ' Bazaar they were glad to emerge into the more open streets .
3 While these sketches tend to be exaggerated at the witnesses ' expense they may provide useful cross-examination material , particularly if you can obtain corroboration from other witnesses .
4 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 .
5 and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file
6 Er one time the locksmiths had a rise from ni eighteen , twenty to twenty-one a man , it was a big rise but the locksmiths ' union they altered it from to twenty and a half , twenty-one , twenty-one and a half , three rises before you went from a lad to a man 's raise , you know .
7 Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . "
8 When they visited the Pipers ' home they recognized the source of John 's description in every detail .
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