Example sentences of "[num] [adj] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catharsis there 's nothing like reflecting in tranquillity to help heal those wounds , and most of them were pretty bruised by the nineteen eighties ' experiences of the recent crop . |
| 2 | There were old roses climbing up these walls and other old roses in borders — I mean really old ones , not nineteen twenties ' and thirties ' ones which catalogues count as old . |
| 3 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 4 | ‘ You talk of the eight twelves ' energy bolts as if they were alive , ’ remarked Jinkwa . |
| 5 | The small , dimly lit plastic tent was crammed with survivors from the eight twelves ' second attack : soldiers who had been pulled from the wreckage of their half blasted tanks with feet missing or shells split . |
| 6 | It is doubtful whether even one of the eight twelves ' living bullets could have cut through the atmosphere created by the Doctor 's words . |