Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't understand why I should want to leave the relative safety of the house in Fulham to walk into a hornets ' nest of horrified disapproval and rejection . |
| 2 | If there is spare accommodation available during the school day then turning some space over to use as a parents ' room is well worth while . |
| 3 | Pop and I had never had much to do with a soldiers ' club-except for that brief time in Maymyo , which was more of a hospital than a club , but now we had to feed and house soldiers on leave , poor men who were tired and bored and away from their families . |
| 4 | One of the greatest players ever to put on a Spurs ' jersey I would think . |
| 5 | Mrs Williams , 54 , is the former headmistress of St Paul 's Girls ' school in London who was forced to quit by a parents ' rebellion over an attempt to limit the number of GCSEs her girls sat . |
| 6 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 7 | THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash . |