Example sentences of "[be] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only witnesses had been Sarah 's stepmother , and an ecclesiastic colleague who envied him his good fortune . |
| 2 | Young batting ace Arran Roberts is still doubtful following a leg operation while Hefin Lewis and Quasim Ijaz are Bangor 's danger men . |
| 3 | Ironically , Nevin had been Tranmere 's only slight disappointment up until producing a clinical finish to punish defender Richard Smith 's miscued header eight minutes from time . |
| 4 | It had been Dalrymple 's idea to require the clan chiefs to take the oath of allegiance and it became obvious that he had hoped for an opportunity to punish one clan as an example to the others . |
| 5 | Coppell said : ‘ I am Ian 's biggest fan and the goal he scored is special . |
| 6 | Had it been Dierdriu 's son ? |
| 7 | The Beretta 92 had always been Sabrina 's favourite handgun but Graham still secretly hankered for the Colt .45 he had first started to use in Vietnam . |
| 8 | She 's been Mum 's friend since they were kids , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The other species are Commerson 's dolphin . |
| 10 | These are employers ' national insurance contributions , employees ' superannuation contributions , benefits in kind as provided to all by the state ( e.g. hospitals , schools , etc. ) and finally , benefits received in the form of expense-account living . |
| 11 | On the one hand are employers ' most important workers , possessing most of the central skills on which the organization depends ; on the other are auxiliary workers with fewer specific skills and less security of tenure in their jobs , the latter including most of the women workers . |
| 12 | Manager Ron Atkinson agreed : ‘ Goals are Dean 's lifeblood . |
| 13 | One of the most disgusting things about this ragbag of a book are Reed 's smug little footnotes . |
| 14 | The trials to select the Great Britain under 20 water polo squad are at Sheffield this weekend and among those invited are Middlesbrough 's Paul Floyd and Lee Cooke . |
| 15 | Though this , in effect , had been Gassendi 's official position in the Exercises , he now hopes to find a way between the dogmatics and the sceptics . |
| 16 | She had been Kettering 's wife , the letter was hers and sometime , perhaps , she would have to open it . |
| 17 | Rogan , who has been Sunderland 's discovery of the season since being switched to the centre of defence by Crosby three months after his £350,000 transfer from Celtic , reverted to left back in the 2–2 draw at Brighton , when his first goal for the club salvaged a priceless point . |
| 18 | Preventive work with gay men ( 80 per cent of the HIV unit 's client workload ) , ethnic groups , and school children are Boyce 's priority . |
| 19 | I do n't know how I turned invisible — it must have been Fincara 's spell going wrong . |
| 20 | Here , then , are NME 's fave 40 TV shows from the last 40 years . |
| 21 | It seems to have been Moscow 's need to counter a challenge from Beijing which prompted the next Soviet commitment to Cuba . |
| 22 | Its long term best sellers are Youngson 's The Making of Classical Edinburgh , Abercrombie 's Elements of General Phonetics , and the ten-volume Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands . |
| 23 | One of the attractions of the first book had been Minton 's delight in the shape of things — fish , bowls , tureens , vegetables , fruit , octopus , squid and elaborate sweets . |
| 24 | However , it could have been Montana 's last appearance for the team he has led to four Super Bowl triumphs — unless Young is injured . |
| 25 | He had been painted in wonderful Afghan clothes , a tunic and turban of deep blue and red embroidered with gold , clothes he had brought back from the exploits during which he had found Charlotte , the fabulous exploits that had been Alexandra 's bedtime stories every night , every single night in childhood , haunting her sleep with nightmares of cruelty and savagery in wild , barbaric places . |
| 26 | He had been Felix 's friend since 1938 . |
| 27 | It 's certainly a narrow aréte , but I found the tiny loose stones of Am Bodach 's unstable path far more disquieting than this ridge , with its well-worn , solid path snaking comfortingly across to the last top between us and our goal of Sgurr a' Mhaim . |
| 28 | And what are Swindon 's chances in the Premier League without him . |
| 29 | There are stalkers ' paths but walking on the hills is discouraged in the deer-shooting season . |
| 30 | Autumn palettes , which illustrate this story well are Chanel 's Les 4 Ombres Nuances ( grey-tinged violet , green softened with grey , apricot beige and warm brown ) and Dior 's two new Haute Couture 5-Colour Eyeshadow Compacts : Final 902 , which comprises a more dramatic mixture of shades such as violet Cardinal and Peacock Green with basic Frosted Beige , and Look 302 , a slightly softer combination of wearable green and brown tones , anchored by a central green-bronze shade . |