Example sentences of "[vb pp] to a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were no longer committed to a debtors ' prison at the instance of the man to whom they still owed money , to suffer indignities at the hands of a Thomas Bambridge . |
| 2 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 3 | An application for a warrant should be made to a magistrates ' court unless there are public law proceedings pending in the county court or the High Court ( APO , art 3(3) ) . |
| 4 | Haines , with an annual salary of £2,400 , was unable to pay and was consigned to a debtors ' prison . |
| 5 | In some cases a postgraduate diploma is linked to a masters ' degree . |
| 6 | The Social Work ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 states that ‘ where a child has been notified that his case has been referred to a children 's hearing , he shall be under an obligation to attend that hearing in accordance with the notification , . |
| 7 | If her answers were unsatisfactory , their report would be taken to a magistrates ' court the next morning and a petition for her " reception order " drawn up and signed by two people — preferably near relatives or representatives of the family . |
| 8 | An eleven year old boy who 's committed a string of motoring offences has been sent to a children 's centre two hundred miles from his home , because he keeps absconding . |
| 9 | In 1901 he was appointed conductor of the Toynbee Musical Association , a mixed-voice choir attached to a men 's social club , and in 1906 he founded the Glasgow Orpheus Choir , with which his name became indelibly linked for the rest of his life . |
| 10 | It would be a nice idea if some of the money was donated to a children 's charity — after all , what can a 12-year-old do with £6 million ? |
| 11 | For every ticket bought , £1 will be donated to a children 's charity , chosen by you . |