Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd heard about the jail 's reputation for handling violent and dangerous offenders . |
| 2 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 3 | She d heard about the People 's Palace , a museum concerned with Glasgow and its past , and promised herself she 'd pay it a visit in the near future . |
| 4 | However , Ferguson , despite some disappointment at Hughes ' goal ratio — he struck only 14 times in 52 appearances last season — is prepared to wait for the Welshman 's response . |
| 5 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 6 | More sweeping changes to deal with the threat of global warming will have to wait for the Government 's environment white paper under discussion in cabinet committee . |
| 7 | ‘ If we treated with them , we could gain valuable time — we need to wait for the Hopewell 's return . |
| 8 | It is common to include as the purchaser 's responsibility such items as fencing , new roadworks , removal and reconstruction of septic tanks , connection of existing properties to new drains , and construction of garages . |
| 9 | If they are listened to at all , it will probably be in the bath , on a car stereo , or in some other environment where the music is competing for the listener 's attention . |
| 10 | At 45 Mainwaring Road the upper maisonette was still advertising itself for sale — no less than six boards competing for the passerby 's attention . |
| 11 | Unfortunately this can not be done in the UK House of Commons , and the cameraman has to identify the Member who has been called , often in the midst of a throng of Members competing for the Speaker 's eye , and then to add the computerized caption . |
| 12 | Brannen , now working in Stoke and competing for the city 's athletics club , agreed to represent his new home county in the pole vault and high jump before team manager Bill McGuirk contacted him with an invitation to be the NorthEast 's 110 metres hurdler . |
| 13 | One was a complicated case in which the client had a number of relatives living nearby , who were said to be always arguing with each other ( including about the client 's care ) . |
| 14 | Some integrated services emerged in the early 1980s — one playscheme was developed through a parent 's initiative , and an integrated adventure playground was established by a voluntary organisation . |
| 15 | One witness had disappeared , two more had been intimidated ; doubts were aroused about the ANC 's commitment to the rule of law . |
| 16 | It originally arose through the wife 's account , and was covered by her allowances , and then the interest was then paid into a joint account |
| 17 | The court distinguished between the defendant 's intention and his motive , treating the latter as being irrelevant , and cited McCullogh J. in Moore v. Green : |
| 18 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 19 | When the swallow swooped through a woman 's song in a cavern |
| 20 | Nigel wondered if any film star would be discerning enough to employ him if he applied for a chauffeur 's job . |
| 21 | After a bad start and an early tangle with Michael Andretti 's McLaren , which saw a wheel ripped off the American 's car , Warwick worked his way through the field . |
| 22 | After a bad start and an early tangle with Michael Andretti 's McLaren , which saw a wheel ripped off the American 's car , Warwick worked his way through the field . |
| 23 | A portrait of a fat and overpowering Sir John is still at the house today and , even allowing for the artist 's flattery of his patron , this is a face you would not trust . |
| 24 | Allowing for the hour 's difference between French time and GMT , this meant that Thomas 's aircraft was shot down 30 minutes after the main attack . |
| 25 | They sold off the mine 's equipment , including the water pumps that had kept the 1,500 foot shafts dry . |
| 26 | The managing director of one of the biggest of such organisations attached to this place is registered as a Member 's secretary or research assistant . |
| 27 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 28 | The juice of all wine-producing black grapes is clear , but in order to extract it it has to be pressed through the grape 's skin which , even in chilly Champagne , contains enough pigment to discolour the liquid . |
| 29 | The official reason given for the committee 's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers . |
| 30 | A provisional timetable has , however , been given for the Government 's review of travel-to-work areas ( used as the basis for the Assisted Areas which are targeted for regional assistance ) . |