Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Terris ' ghost seemed to have an affinity with Mr Hayden because the foreman saw him nearly every day in some part of the station for some two years . |
| 2 | Workmen from the Maintenance Department , which is responsible for the smooth running of the lifts and escalators in the station , have seen William Terris ' ghost on numerous occasions as they work mostly at night so that their work causes the least interference with the travelling public . |
| 3 | Jack Hayden obviously has a very close affinity with William Terris ' ghost because when he made a purposeful visit to Covent Garden Station recently he saw him ‘ as large as life ’ , as if waiting to welcome him back . |
| 4 | The councillor , who also spoke out to the local newspaper to counter what he said were council leader Jim Brooks ' unfounded assertions that jobs for the boys claims were simply smears , also called on other party members in the area to step forward publicly with any information they had on malpractice . |
| 5 | Mascis plays a rowdy party-goer in Alison Anders ' semi-autobiographical story of life in a New Mexico trailer park . |
| 6 | It could be the Slaters ’ and Tilers ' Institute of Cheshire , Lancashire Floor-Coverers Association , The Duke of Gisburn 's Light Cavalry Eleven 's Re-Union Dinner , Haslingden Plunge Bath Attendants ' Monthly Meeting , Wellingborough Skin Lifters ' Society , or the like . |
| 7 | The general concept of Kinmount , with its vast Soanic central saloon rising into a tribune gallery and a lantern tower , was reproduced in neo-Tudor form as his ambitious enlargement of Saltoun , East Lothian ( 1817 ) ; without the lantern tower , at his neo-Classical Adderston , Northumberland ( 1819 ) and the much larger Camperdown , Dundee ( 1821–28 ) ; and , at Blairquhan , Ayrshire ( 1820 ) where he retained the lantern tower but began to experiment with asymmetrical planning and to adopt more archaeologically correct Tudor forms , following the example of William Wilkins ' Tregothnan ( 1816 ) and Dalmeny ( 1814 ) . |
| 8 | WILLIAM WILKINS ' GREEK Revival hospital overlooking Hyde Park Corner is unquestionably one of London 's most familiar landmarks . |
| 9 | GEORGE MILLS / Gary Mills ' Brother |
| 10 | We discuss , instead , literary genius and smack daddy William Burroughs ' involvement with Ministry . |
| 11 | Adapting William Burroughs ' surreal 50s classic for the screen is a much tougher option , not least because its drug-induced stream of consciousness is unfettered by constraints of character or plot . |
| 12 | End the limbo : Maginnis Maginnis ' way ahead |
| 13 | The new equilibrium gross wage is W ' ; at which firms demand a quantity of hours L ' ; . |
| 14 | Thus the after-tax wage is W ’ ; at which workers are happy to supply a quantity of hours L ' ; . |
| 15 | As we watch , the Commando stops , springs to attention facing the direction of the the Brigadier and gives a very smart salute ; he obviously recognised the one and only Mills Roberts ' commanding voice . |
| 16 | Dame Gillian Brown thanked the speakers with great enthusiasm , congratulated the Principal on ensuring the succession , and also thanked Patricia Hutchinson and Mary Keen for a successful meeting , and the University Womens ' Club ( worth joining even if it is known as Pussy Cat Hall by my irreverent 88 year old cousin , a St. Hugh 's gal ) gave us rather a good tea . |
| 17 | ( London University Examiners ' Report : A level History , 1981 , p.359 ) |
| 18 | ( London University Examiners ' Report : A level History , 1981 , p.361 ) |
| 19 | ‘ Special books ’ included some valuable law books ; John St. Clair 's best find , a first edition of J.M. Keynes ' epoch-making book on economic theory ; and first editions of J.R.R. Tolkien 's Lord of the Rings trilogy . |
| 20 | William Downes ' study of King Lear 's famous question to his daughters is a superb example of the level of depth and insight that stylistics can reach when it draws eclectically from a variety of areas within linguistics in order to relate the surface features of the text to the situational , historical and cultural contexts which are relevant to their effect and interpretation . |
| 21 | S. Magnus ' Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney ( then under Norse control ) shows a close relationship to English Norman cathedrals , as does also Stavanger Cathedral , which was begun c. 1130 . |
| 22 | MR RAY 'S WIG WORLD , currently winning admirers with their warped indie pop debut EP ‘ Faster Kittykat Play Play ’ , precede their support slot on The Boo Radleys ' November tour with dates at Chester Telfords |
| 23 | There was often fun about , through Andy Mullins ' ‘ judgemanship ’ , Damian Hopley 's flanker 's fingers flicking elegantly over the piano keys , the efforts of keeping ‘ Moon Child ’ Harvey Thorneycroft 's feet on the ground . |
| 24 | When Derek Redmond had broken David Jenkins ' long-standing record for 400 metres in 1985 , David had telephoned congratulations from California . |
| 25 | Andy Hargreaves ' chapter links in with themes raised by the previous contributors . |
| 26 | Russell and Ann Mills ' flat is particularly impressive as it is located on the upper floor of the school 's west wing ( Plate 37 and Fig 53 ) and so extends up into the apex of the steeply-pitched roof . |
| 27 | Miss Ellis ' eyebrows launched into the twitchy dance they always seemed to at the mention of the words , ‘ my mother . ’ |
| 28 | Shimon Peres ' best chance of forming a government probably came and went when two members of an orthodox religious party caused an uproar in parliament while renegeing on a promise to join the Labour Party coalition . |
| 29 | Richard Strauss ' explosive Salome fell foul of Vienna censorship . |
| 30 | Rumours circulating recently suggesting a ‘ super route ’ had been climbed in Twll Mawr ( Dinorwig Quarries ) proved to be untrue , and the chalk spotted on Johnny Dawes ' bold route The Indian Face ( Cloggy ) , still unrepeated , came from an inspection by a local activism , who decided discretion was better than a serious scuffing ! |