Example sentences of "[noun] ' [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Scottish National Party yesterday foreshadowed its campaign for next year 's European elections , in an effort to raise Scots ' confidence in going it alone as an independent nation . |
| 2 | The second was that ‘ hypersensitive ’ Presley — scheduled to leave on a 10-city tour — feared his fans ' reaction to seeing him weighing more than 16st and out of condition . |
| 3 | Both men were also sentenced to two years ' imprisonment after admitting they had conspired to corruptly obtain a consideration from Mr Barrett . |
| 4 | The mothers ' courage in going it alone does n't seem to draw on any new feelings so much as old ones . |
| 5 | But indirectly the growing public awareness of science and its potential shaped the professionals ' world by exposing it to the rough and tumble of political life . |
| 6 | No politician , whether a great magnate intent on retaining a traditional dominance in his region , a minister of the crown seeking favourable returns for his administration , or a landowner merely wishing to make a good figure in his own county , could manage without access to patronage with which to reward his friends ' loyalty by helping them in their times of need . |
| 7 | It need only do what it does now when it examines doctors ' behaviour by asking them to justify that behaviour before a panel of their professional peers . |
| 8 | Tragically , her father 's suicide coincides with the shattering discovery that her cousin Charles ' interest in marrying her is based on greed — not love . |