Example sentences of "' [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 2 | There , I learned , the churchyard was closed to burials , although her ashes might be interred — not in her parents ' grave as I had asked — but in the church 's garden of remembrance . |
| 3 | Secondly , we can turn to Berger and Mohr 's account of migrants ' experience as they travel from an economically peripheral society to a thriving industrial economy in Western Europe . |
| 4 | A Yorkshire pay clerk 's widow was able to play a ‘ big part ’ in her granddaughters ' upbringing because she lived next door across a common yard and could be ‘ always there ’ , in and out of the house . |
| 5 | She said she had not complained at the paratroopers ' barracks because she knew she would be in trouble for being out of bounds . |
| 6 | In the town of Newton Stewart , not too far from Annan , a solicitor , Giles Davies , lost £1.8 million from his clients ' accounts because he became embroiled in a similar deal . |
| 7 | How can any governing body discuss or ratify headteachers ' proposals unless they are aware of recent educational reforms and thinking , understand the schools ' organisation and planning and know of its successes and anticipated problems ? |
| 8 | I grabbed Shifty-Eyes ' foot as it landed again and hung on . |
| 9 | Did you have anything in the way of holidays erm , was there a sort of works ' holiday or any works ' outings while you were there ? |
| 10 | She must know as much of his patients ' secrets as he did himself . |
| 11 | Shop-stewards can fail to support black workers or can participate in employers ' discrimination because they know the prejudiced opinions of their members and feel that they can not afford to lose their support . |
| 12 | They stumbled and laughed down the tiny lane to the Littles ' cottage where they parted . |
| 13 | SIMON PARKE , whose selection for England in the World Championships was dogged by controversy , began to repay the selectors ' faith as he beat the Canadian No. 1 , Sabir Butt , and the effects of influenza here yesterday , writes Richard Eaton from Kuala Lumpur . |
| 14 | John O'Loan , head of Sky News , received the judges ' award because they ‘ noted the increasing significance of Sky News as a contributor to the journalistic mix ’ . |
| 15 | Yesterday Johanna 's ex-boyfriend Ryan Firman , 17 , visited the isolated lovers ' lane where her body was found on Boxing Day . |
| 16 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 17 | Now they 've gone off to other groups handing out food , like Food for Work and the Mothers ' Clubs where they do weaving and knitting and things like that . ’ |
| 18 | Supremely we see it in Jesus ' ministry as he came alongside others . |
| 19 | Directors of limited companies are not personally liable for their companies ' debts unless you get a guarantee from them . |
| 20 | AIRCRAFT unions will today seek assurances about their members ' futures when they meet American buyers of the 125 business jet . |
| 21 | The judges ordered DSS officer Alan Scaife to reconsider Mr Saunders ' case after he had ‘ effectively barred ’ him from receiving legal aid because he had put £407,000 into a trust for his children . |
| 22 | Besides , it would be a criminal waste of taxpayers ' money if I did nothing . |
| 23 | To introduce further byelaws , with all the attendant costs of application to the Home Off , with all the attendant costs of such things as application to the Home Office to enact the byelaw , the probability of requiring to post notices on all Council-owned land etcetera so that the public knows which is Council-owned land would , in the opinion of the responsible dog ownership group , be a waste of the charge payers ' money as we believe that the Council already have sufficient powers to deal with any problems arising by reference to the existing pleasure grounds byelaws and or the Dangerous Dogs Act . |
| 24 | Certain observations by the Royal Commission , notably concerning an apparent conflict between rules 3 and 7 of the Judges ' Rules as they then stood , led the Home Secretary to seek the advice of the judges . |
| 25 | In fact , Peggy remembered her own mam saying as how there were certain folk , including herself , who believed it were Luther Reynolds ' fault when his second wife died of the fever . |
| 26 | Climate modelling and assessing environmental change will need more than three years ' data if it is to be enhanced . |
| 27 | Sitting at a table in the corner so that they can see the door , catch the others ' eyes when they come in . |
| 28 | There were tears in the girls ' eyes as they tried to smile back . |
| 29 | Many of these insect-feeding birds have a line of bristles around their beaks which at one time were thought to channel weakly-flying insects into the open beak but now it seems more likely that they do no more than protect the birds ' eyes as they deliberately plunge through clouds of insects . |
| 30 | The social world must be seen through the actors ' eyes because it depends on how they see it and it works in whatever way social capacities are exercised . |