Example sentences of "and [prep] [pron] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surviving rules of gilds of laymen suggest that most such associations had a spiritual aspect ; in tenth-century Exeter gildsmen assembled " for the love of God and for our souls ' need , having regard both to the prosperity of our life and also to the days thereafter which we wish to be allotted to us at God 's Judgement " , and gave any member going on pilgrimage overseas five pence from each of his colleagues . |
| 2 | I am making a very simple point : that the material conditions of our lives and of our characters ' lives shape , to a large extent , the way those lives progress . |
| 3 | The thing is her marriage was against her in-laws ' wishes and against my parents ' . |
| 4 | Major urban and rural areas tend to differ greatly in life styles and in their inhabitants ' perceptions . |
| 5 | Tower Hamlets declined to make the repayment and Chetnik applied for judicial review of the adverse decision , unsuccessfully at first instance but successfully in the Court of Appeal and in your Lordships ' House . |
| 6 | This exercises all the muscles in the body , and in your neighbours ' as well ! 6 . |
| 7 | The women dress themselves on credit and without their husbands ' knowledge , they sign bills which , when they fall due , are fatal to their virtue . |
| 8 | It sets down exactly who can teach and who can study , and on what terms ' democratic procedures for taking decisions , involving votes by staff and students ' and rules and regulations for examinations . |
| 9 | The aim is to relate their educational achievements to their experiences at school and to their parents ' help at home . |
| 10 | One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home . |
| 11 | Venezuela 's petro-economy had been knocked into stagflation by falling oil prices and by his predecessors ' free-spending ways . |
| 12 | It is made clear that the boy was exposed to serious danger by his father 's irresponsibility and by his sisters ' departure : but his sisters had been exposed to this father too , and had had to defend themselves . |