Example sentences of "[noun pl] 's [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions .
2 The children 's parents help me to put on pantomimes to raise money for outings and the Christmas party . ’
3 3 The children 's parents tell their version of the story , starting at the moment when they see the stains on Lollo 's gear , and going on to the point where they realise they ( or their children ) have discovered super penicillin .
4 It is unwise for mothers to be too ideologically sound in matter of diet — it makes it so easy for rivals to the children 's hearts to worm their way therein , and win .
5 When you 've lived on subsistence for two years what do you do when your shoes wear out , when you get a £100 fuel bill , when the washing machine breaks down , when a pair of children 's shoes cost you more than you 'd spend on your own ?
6 Chairman , if we take Mrs , Mrs 's point under the children 's services plan which is later in your .
7 Cos we came in and Chrissy , instead of switching on the children 's programmes put his computer on so we did n't see it .
8 By 1935 the success of the children 's books made it possible for Ransome to buy a sea-going boat once again .
9 And you make ridiculous statements — as in your Born to beg article which asserts that the use of children by heroin addicts to support their habit is more ethical than aid agencies ' publishing children 's photos to help their fundraising .
10 Has the way that you 've dealt with your children 's anxieties brought you closer to them ?
11 I do n't understand why dog 's do that , they never go for men 's crotches do they ?
12 There are no men 's groups asserting their rights .
13 Whether Cecil Leitch found the course embarrassingly short is not clear , but Lady Rathcreedan afterwards proposed that during the summer ladies should use the men 's tees to lengthen their course although without altering the par !
14 You ai n't got no men 's slippers have you , not really ?
15 ‘ Bloody hell , ’ he said , ‘ Women 's groups scare me stiff .
16 Christie 's held a charity auction , and up and down the country the rotaries and women 's institutes geared themselves for yet another season of money-raising fetes and flower shows .
17 Her strong commitment to women 's rights led her to write the first Salvadorean publication on the oppression of women , The Condition of Women in El Salvador , published in Mexico in 1961 .
18 Avanda Hopwood from Blackfriars traded in her 1992 plate title for the 1993 women 's singles shield which she took in even more convincing fashion than Andy .
19 Yes , I want to ask that , do women 's tits suit you ?
20 While more women have had access to education , the economic crisis has combined with prevailing social attitudes to limit women 's opportunities to improve their economic position .
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