Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specifically , The Mary Whitehouse Experience is an experience in wankers and turds , which are the boys ' two favourite words . |
| 2 | It is interesting to discover which are the ants ' favourite foods . |
| 3 | As I say , I 'd al been in things at chapel , Silas Marner and things , but er this was another thing , and of course , that 's where I met my wife , at er Row , which is the boys ' clu was the boys ' club 's Headquarters . |
| 4 | The destruction of the monopolistic purchasing cartels , which was the commons ' real object , ensured that the tax would no longer be passed on to the producer in the form of lower prices , and the establishment of the Company of the Staple as a selling cartel enabled the real burden of the tax to be imposed upon the purchasers , the cloth manufacturers of Flanders . |
| 5 | There had also been recent newspaper reports of Bugis prahus putting into the atolls east of Celebes , burning the villages to the ground , and making off with the whole year 's harvest of copra the oil-bearing coconut husks — which was the inhabitants ' sole source of income . |
| 6 | The new youth movement found its most dramatic expression in the religious brigades , the first of which was the Boys ' Brigade ( BB ) , founded by William Smith in Glasgow in 1883 , followed by the Church Lads ' Brigade ( CLB ) in 1891 , and the Boys ' Life Brigade ( BLB ) in 1899 . |
| 7 | There follows a white villa which was the Jesuits ' summer house . |
| 8 | What are the philosophers ' children like ? |
| 9 | What are the parents ' childhood experiences ? |
| 10 | So that 's what are the kids ' names ? |
| 11 | There 's what 's the boys ' club , there 's a library . |
| 12 | What is The B-52's ' latest album called ? |
| 13 | In such a case ? one must still examine all the circumstances of the case in order to discern what was the parties ' intention as to the passing of property . |