Example sentences of "they [prep] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | Robin Smith 's power play against India at Perth ( Week 1 ) and the demolition job England did on Pakistan at Adelaide ( Week 2 ) put them into the favourites ' spot at the same time as Australia absorbed one stunning setback after another , alleviated only by the thrilling one-run victory over India at Brisbane . |
2 | Let's stop trying to get women to support us by crawling to them — it 's obvious they prefer voting for devils or weeds than for decent men ( let alone decent women ) , and bribing them with a Women 's Ministry did n't work . |
3 | Scottish police found them in a women 's refuge in Inverness but they disappeared again and may now be in London a city Mrs Ivory knows and likes . |
4 | I talked to them in the Friends ' Meeting House on a dark and stormy summer night . |
5 | The King was much intrigued to see them in the Dolls ' House and enquired who gave her permission . |
6 | Perhaps he kept such books at Castle Street , or read them in the Advocates ' Library . |
7 | The masks , however , were specially constructed — made from heavy-duty , vulcanised rubber and fitted by stretching them over the actors ' heads so that they clamped underneath the nose and at the back of the crown . |
8 | He apologised for trying to blame them over the Tories ' economic blunders . |
9 | They also deny taking nude photographs of the girls , now aged eight , six and four , while they themselves were naked , and showing them to the girls ' mother . |
10 | The two men , who had escaped from a coach taking them to the magistrates ' court in Reading , were taken to hospital to have their broken arms set in plaster . |
11 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
12 | The men deny taking nude pictures of the girls while they themselves were naked and showing them to the children 's mother . |
13 | Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder . |