Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosellina was on her way to Rimini , to work in a children 's village set up for orphans and children who had become separated from their families . |
| 2 | And I have a sister-in-law who used to play for a women 's football team so she 's very interested and a as soon as there 's a big game on , on the satellite they all come round and it 's sort of into the kitchen you can make the the half time |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | PRETTY woman Julia Roberts , above , bought £9,000-worth of toys in a two-hour spree — to give to a children 's charity . |
| 7 | One of the greatest players ever to put on a Spurs ' jersey I would think . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Owners are told to start with a children 's toilet seat taped to an ordinary cat litter box . |
| 10 | Like virgins to the sacrificial altar , they followed Molly Malone to the place where it all happened ; where Wrens must learn to live in a men 's world because now the war was nearer to them than it had ever been . |
| 11 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 12 | THIEVES tried to break into a pensioners ' community centre just hours before a tombola to replace a stolen karaoke machine and cash . |
| 13 | However , Mr Darling maintained that the hospital had written to a number of public bodies — including Lothian Regional Council — asking them to advertise in a children 's book , the proceeds of which would go to the purchase of baby heaters . |