Example sentences of "' [noun] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I now have 4 years ' teaching experience although I too was thrown in at the deep end — my only advantage over others was that I had studied languages myself and knew how difficult it could be . |
2 | Today , after a period of five short years , we are a health-conscious nation , exercising careful concern about our guests ' cholesterol levels when we invite them round to supper , looking unconcerned as yet another jogger pounds us into the pavement as we take a stroll , and reacting with sheer open-eyed shock at the sight of a plate of bacon , eggs and bangers as we spoon down our own regular morning bran cereal — or dish of F-Pan Fibre-Filler . |
3 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
4 | I thought of Compton Mackenzie 's brave words at a Nomads ' Club dinner where I was his guest about the mystical experience of people loving their countrymen through loving their country and , by re-creating themselves , re-creating their nation . |
5 | Silkin explained in a press interview that he had refused to enforce the law against the postal workers ' trade union because he feared that the action would precipitate a postal strike . |
6 | The additional money that we 're looking for this year er a substantial amount of this will go to funding of the rent for the new premises for the c the Citizens ' Advice Bureau and I do n't propose to stand here and defend the Citizens ' Advice Bureau because it does n't need it , I hope . |
7 | But part time hourly paid lecturing for example is n't eligible work under the teachers ' superannuation scheme although they are bringing that one into into the work that can affect . |
8 | But Elton probably would n't mind exchanging his sparkling shorts to suffer Adams ' lumberjack shirts if it meant having a song at number one for 16 weeks like the Canadian rocker did |
9 | ‘ You should go take Spanish at night school , ’ he said one evening in the Airds ' downstairs lavatory when we were clearing up after they had gone out to dine . |
10 | The two children , Christopher and Mathew Keys were in the back of their parents ' Metro saloon when it went out of control on the A424 near Burford . |
11 | He will also be responsible for Johnson Brothers ' customer service when it is fully integrated later in the year . |
12 | Stockholm : Dealers welcomed the rise in other countries ' interest rates as it closes the gap with Sweden 's own high rates , which are unchanged . |
13 | This dry contempt strolls out even when its target is invisible : the narrator telephones the Fonsteins ' house years after they have lost contact and is answered by a young man , on whom he forms an immediate image — ‘ a thick head of hair , a beer paunch , a T-shirt with a logo or slogan . |