Example sentences of "a [noun prp] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's involved in putting a Crowes ' song together ? |
| 2 | Against all reason they felt it could turn his slow decline around like a Lourdes ' miracle . |
| 3 | By day the alleys that ran into a scruffy hinterland were rat-hole rubbish traps but now they seemed romantic lanes where lovers might meet under the bracket lamps and as the sun departed , watch the moon ride over a Grimms ' fairy tale huddle of pinnacled rooftops . |
| 4 | Evocations of Dark Age kingdoms are often a Grimms ' fairy-tale picture of huge dark forests , dwarfing the puny efforts of humankind . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh ! the bones ! ’ said Flora , and brought them from the kitchen — in a Harrods ' bag . |
| 6 | He opened and closed the back door , taking care to slam it , and returned to the hall , whistling a Beatles ' song , ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ . |
| 7 | A bad snap on a Colts ' punt attempt later gave Pittsburgh the ball on the Indianapolis 34 and Malone connected with Brenberg for the final Steelers ' first half score with 1:03 remaining . |
| 8 | MERSEYSIDE MP Eddie O'Hara has won a Commons ' victory to change the wording of benefit claim forms for the terminally ill . |
| 9 | I had my trumpet case in my left hand and my Esmonde special take-away in a paper carrier and my coffee in a Higgins ' bag in my right . |
| 10 | The government also accepted a Lords ' amendment specifying special needs as a factor that may bc taken into account in the resource allocation formula . |
| 11 | However , in December the government achieved a breakthrough in its protracted campaign to trace and retrieve the huge sums believed to have been looted from the country by the Marcos family , when the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that funds held by the family in Swiss bank accounts should be returned to the government of the Philippines , but stipulated that this could be done only after a Philippines ' court had ruled against Marcos [ see p. 37961 ] . |
| 12 | In the 90th minute Payton suffered the agony of a three-yard miss when Paul Wilkinson headed on a Phillips ' corner . |
| 13 | ‘ Our staff turnover is down 50 per cent and that is not entirely due to the effects of the recession , ’ says general manager of the Holiday Inn Bristol , a Scotts ' hotel which recently completed a £10 million refurbishment and emerged as the Bristol Marriott . |
| 14 | Malone , the fourth quarterback to start a Steelers ' opener in as many seasons , hooked up with Lipps for a 33 yard completion to the Colts ' 18 yard line on the Steelers ' third offensive play . |
| 15 | Mighty Quinn , made famous by Manfred Mann , was changed to Mighty Wyn as a tribute to Newcastle 's leaping centre forward , a Kinks ' song was amended to ‘ What are we living for , to see Sunderland in Division Four ’ and who can forget ‘ Half-a-sixpence is better than , Arthur Horsefield ? ’ |
| 16 | It arrived five minutes later when Glenn Hunter superbly headed in a Burrows ' corner . |
| 17 | The greatest songwriting team since Lennon and McCartney are designing the artwork for a Smiths ' compilation to be released in a few months by WEA , who recently purchased the group 's mouth-watering back catalogue . |
| 18 | But is it a Stonewallers ' Charter — for a dull , dreary game to be played by the mediocre on slow , lifeless , wicketless pitches ? |
| 19 | He lived with Val , whom he had met at a Freshers ' tea party in the Student Union when he was eighteen . |
| 20 | Grandma Smith looked taller in the dress , that had a Woolworths ' brooch pinned near her breast |