Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mhoira Robertson was always ambitious and passed the sergeants ' examination at 24 . |
| 2 | Bomberg shared the Vorticists ' involvement with the machine-age dynamism of modern urban life . |
| 3 | Bloodied and shattered by the war , for 20 years the public shared the architects ' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete , of high airy towers set in acres of green park-land . |
| 4 | Although the State shared the townsmen 's interest in broadening the urban tax base , the political influence of the Church and landowners delayed any decisive legislation . |
| 5 | While Self knew that the pressures were great , and respected the engineers ' need to retain control of technical aspects of contracts and tender assessments , he also knew that the engineers were deliberately fending him off and impeding the agreement on procedures which he felt was essential for Central Authority financial control . |
| 6 | It made the models ' sacrifice of their modesty seem poignantly vain . |
| 7 | So there was another sort of factor of passing down your wealth that made the women 's chastity so important . |
| 8 | A piteous cry revealed the occupants ' identity . |
| 9 | The acquirer 's solicitor should reserve the right to incorporate additional warranties when he has received all the information about the target , read the accountants ' report and read the draft disclosure letter . |
| 10 | In 1971 Jack Webb became the Bondholders ' Secretary , followed by Harold Chambers in 1975 up to 1981 , from which date to their winding up Basil Peacock held the reins . |
| 11 | Very young children of four or five were put to work making matchboxes ; Lady Dilke , leader of the Women 's Protective and Provident League ( which became the Women 's Trade Union League in 1889 ) reported hearing a mother in Shoreditch saying ‘ Of course we cheat the School Board … |
| 12 | Ganymede was beloved by ZEUS , who assumed the guise of an eagle so as to spirit him up to Olympus ; there he was given immortality and became the gods ' cup-bearer , responsible for giving them their daily draught of the Elixir of Life . |
| 13 | After North became the contras ' overseer , in October 1984 , he tried , according to Rafael Quintero , to inculcate some honesty into them : taking Calero 's brother Mario off the contract for ponchos and boots ( the ponchos leaked , anyway ) and putting control of the contras ' foreign money in the hands of Secord and ‘ the company ’ . |
| 14 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 15 | In 1870 he established what became the Workmen 's Peace Association of which he was secretary . |
| 16 | In 1947 the party 's ‘ Industrial Charter ’ , a result of the work undertaken by the Conservative Research Department under Butler , registered the Tories ' acceptance of the ‘ welfare state ’ and the ‘ managed economy ’ . |
| 17 | She was a bit shaky but she got the children 's breakfast and cleared up Bob 's . |
| 18 | Besides the map , I 'd brought along my faithful compass , and by its reckoning checked the boys ' direction all the time . |
| 19 | During his time at the BBC , when the Home Secretary , Leon Brittan , asked the Corporation not to show a documentary in the Real Lives series dealing with extremist politicians in Northern Ireland , it was Rees-Mogg who led the governors ' demand that the management acquiesce . |
| 20 | The 6ft 10in Scott Paterson led the Riders ' scoring with 26 points . |
| 21 | Defending solicitor Mr. Blundell asked the magistrates to consider whether Mr. Thurgood would have played the part of peacemaker and then gone out and attacked the soldiers ' car . |
| 22 | Ron Atkinson , the Sheffield Wednesday manager , yesterday promised the shareholders ' AGM that the team will not be relegated and will climb from the bottom of the First Division by Christmas . |
| 23 | He said the decision to hold the meeting in North Wales demonstrated the Americans ' commitment to the area . |
| 24 | Mr Clayton drew the inspectors ' attention to a village in Argyll , Scotland , where power lines ran along the main street . |
| 25 | In 1846 he entered the engineers ' department of the River Clyde Improvement Trust , shortly afterwards becoming chief assistant and in 1852 acting engineer to the Trust for a short period on the death of David Bremner [ q.v . ] . |
| 26 | After a short and furious rest in the potato store I entered the women 's hospital , inflexibly determined on an inspection . |
| 27 | Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago . |
| 28 | Igor Kasatonov , Commander of the Black Sea Fleet , described the ships 's flight as " close to a terrorist act " and protested against attempts by Ukraine to " snatch ships " . |
| 29 | This remarkable effort soon caught the critics ' attention . |
| 30 | Potts J. dismissed the defendants ' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action . |