Example sentences of "the [noun] ' [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Where it licked the Wizards ' Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour , octarine ; where its outriders found their way into the vats and oil stores all along Merchant Street it progressed in a series of blazing fountains and explosions ; in the streets of the perfume blenders it burned with a sweetness ; where it touched bundles of rare and dry herbs in the storerooms of the drugmasters it made men go mad and talk to God . |
| 32 | and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file |
| 33 | Years ago you used to have the boys ' service you see ? |
| 34 | Before we learned the boys ' names they were referred to as the fair boy ; a positive attribute , and the fat boy ; a physical defect . |
| 35 | Er one time the locksmiths had a rise from ni eighteen , twenty to twenty-one a man , it was a big rise but the locksmiths ' union they altered it from to twenty and a half , twenty-one , twenty-one and a half , three rises before you went from a lad to a man 's raise , you know . |
| 36 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
| 37 | Instead of hatchets they have fans and as they pass through the soldiers ' camp they hit the soldiers and say : " There you are dead . " |
| 38 | When they visited the Pipers ' home they recognized the source of John 's description in every detail . |
| 39 | John Beishon , director of the Consumers ' Association You could argue that food difficulties proceed and contribute to the development of sexual problems … |