Example sentences of "[noun] ' [adj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the lowdown on Vera Lynn 's recent successes at her local tennis club or Joe Loss ' new sailboat got you salivating , then these were the columns for you . |
| 2 | Every time he felt himself sinking , Nails ' prehensile toes grasped him by the Adam 's apple and lifted his head clear of the water . |
| 3 | The Wolverines ' borrowed silks lent them invaluable seconds wherein to close with those guards and sever their throats before they could fire or even cry a warning . |
| 4 | The windows ' jewelled lucence washed it clear ; |
| 5 | ( His introduction of lime juice ( and hence vitamin C ) into the sailors ' daily rations cured them of scurvy and gained for the British tars the nickname of ‘ limeys ’ . ) |