Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | It would not surprise most linguists to find them in women 's speech , because they are absolutely normal in all speech . |
2 | Similarly , where rules are incorporated by reference to some other document , there should be adequate reference to draw them to members ' attention . |
3 | She justified her departure on the grounds that , with arrangements for Maurice 's funeral on Monday now in place , there was nothing to detain her at Swans ' Meadow . |
4 | To confront the anger of God , not to hurl it in others ' faces , but in humility to confront it ourselves , is to find a knife to cut through our pious cant , and a fire to burn up our sentimentality and our complacency . |
5 | Getting on to the remains of the top of the pod had been relatively straightforward , although Daak had tried to insist on being the last one out and she 'd had to threaten him with troopers ' oaths and a blaster to convince him that gallantry was inappropriate . |