Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN PERKINS , the Pontypool coach , got off the players ' bench at Rodney Parade to have a ‘ quiet word ’ with some rowdy fans during his side 's 10–10 draw with Newport . |
| 2 | In Allen v. Flood a dispute arose between the ironworkers ' union and woodworkers , the former objecting to certain work being done by the latter . |
| 3 | In 1989 their parents asked for the twins ' photograph to be published in a Sunday newspaper and vowed that they would never be locked away in an institution . |
| 4 | The conversation turned to the Biafran War and a controversy arose about the Biafrans ' prospects of success , which would no doubt have been more favourably presented by Aitken than was believed by the General . |
| 5 | The question arose after the Ladies ' Directory case in which Frederick Shaw was convicted of ‘ conspiring to corrupt public morals ’ , and in which one of the Appeal Judges , Lord Simons , had stated that ‘ there remains in the courts a residual power to conserve not only the safety , but also the moral welfare of the State ’ . |
| 6 | While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses . |
| 7 | And after being taken off in County 's 2-1 defeat by Watford on Tuesday , Agana ripped off his shirt and headed for the players ' tunnel . |
| 8 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 9 | Oppressed by the low ore prices given by the Associated Smelters , the Cornish copper mines , led by John Vivian , with the assistance of Matthew Boulton and John Wilkinson [ qq.v. ] ( concerned for the steam-engine market at the mines ) , revolted against the smelters ' power and founded the Cornish Metal Company , a cartel to purchase , arrange for smelting , and sell all the smelted ores of Cornwall . |
| 10 | In 1808 he moved into the Wordsworths ' new house , Allan Bank , together with his two sons , and after the usual long preliminaries embarked on his new periodical venture , The Friend . |
| 11 | Heath 's revived corporatism in the early 1970s crumpled with the miners ' strikes and the OPEC price explosion , while the Labour government of the late 1970s was able only to breathe intermittent life into a system of corporate direction which powerful producer-groups and multinational companies in the so-called ‘ meso-economy ’ were both undermining . |
| 12 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 13 | A potential source of an unfair offence stemmed from the pupils ' position as ‘ pupils ’ as opposed to ‘ teachers ’ where , by definition , teachers hold the ultimate authority . |
| 14 | It arrived five minutes later when Glenn Hunter superbly headed in a Burrows ' corner . |
| 15 | Lapworth 's academic career began as lecturer in chemistry at the School of Pharmacy in Bloomsbury ; in 1900 he moved to the Goldsmiths ' Company 's Institute at New Cross as head of the chemistry department . |
| 16 | She moved to the neighbours ' wall and sprayed ‘ fornicator ’ and ‘ debauchee ’ . |
| 17 | Jerome Blum assigns the tsar pride of place in the list of factors which contributed to the serfs ' emancipation . |
| 18 | I fled to the Students ' Union where , within a very few days , I found myself co-opted onto the Students ' Council . |
| 19 | It referred to the Palestinians ' struggle for " sovereignty " and envisaged a future " confederation between the two states of Palestine and Jordan , which can be a cornerstone for our security and prosperity " . |
| 20 | In the 90th minute Payton suffered the agony of a three-yard miss when Paul Wilkinson headed on a Phillips ' corner . |
| 21 | We stopped at the farmers ' market for cheese and grapes . |
| 22 | The technique is very reminiscent of that used by the amphibians ' far distant and antique cousin , the lungfish . |
| 23 | With Mark Wadforth at full back for Braintree and Stuart Lewis partnering Matthew Wadforth in the centre , skipper Steve Jarlett opted for the replacements ' bench and looked on with approval as Nigel Brand led the team to its second successive draw at Crow Lane . |
| 24 | At ground level the street was lined with traditional little native shops , most of them carpenters , it seemed ; and as they came through the Tentmakers ' Bazaar , with its gay awnings and saddle-cloth and leather work , they saw ahead of them in the archway of the gate the gleam of the blue tiles of the tiny Dervish mosque . |
| 25 | But back came Colleges and after Rigby ( damaged ankle ) had been replaced at prop by Alan Kittle , Wyllie grabbed a loose ball 20 metres out and simply exploded through the visitors ' defence for what proved to be the clinching score , Thomson adding the two points . |
| 26 | Another dramatic instance of historical déjà vu came during the miners ' strike , when it was reported that an attack had been made on the police station in Malby , South Yorkshire , scene of an anti-police riot a century earlier when the ‘ new police ’ first arrived there . |
| 27 | The Suffolk side had the perfect start , as the impressive Fry waltzed through the visitors ' defence to settle any early nerves and just six minutes later the title was effectively Tuddenham Road bound . |
| 28 | Could this be the J. Holton who played after the Caddies ' Match in 1912 ? |
| 29 | I followed them out into the car park and sat , miserably , in the back of Quigley 's car as , in a mood of forced cheerfulness , we drove towards the Quigleys ' house behind Mrs Danby 's Rolls . |
| 30 | The winter was mild , which also told against the miners ' cause . |