Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] 's [noun] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
| 2 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
| 3 | This means that when they watch another group 's work they are affected by what they do , they 're all working within the same fictional context . |
| 4 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 5 | I have driven along that road to Scotland many times and I know that beyond my hon. Friend 's constituency it is not so good . |
| 6 | In this month 's column we 're taking a close look at jazz chord concepts . |
| 7 | After 10 minutes of this week 's edition I was too embarrassed to go on listening . |
| 8 | I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating . |
| 9 | The way their luck has run in this year 's competition it is no idle dream . |
| 10 | The way their luck has run in this year 's competition it is no idle dream . |
| 11 | We had never moved , always living in the same place , 18 Ravensworth Road , Kensal Green A late Victorian artisan 's house it was , a two-up-two-down with me and my parents on the top floor . |
| 12 | If there is an entity identifiable as ‘ the topic of conversation ’ , the analyst should consider what evidence from each individual speaker 's contributions he is using to make that identification . |
| 13 | Doi ruthlessly exploited the difficulties which the 1989 Recruit scandal caused for the LDP and as the personification of the nascent Japanese women 's movement she was successful in attracting female voters who had become disillusioned with the political process and estranged from the ruling party . |
| 14 | It was a cast-off fireman 's jacket he was wearing . |
| 15 | If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video . |
| 16 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 17 | With a knowledge of each other 's roles they are able to predict and comprehend the actions of the other . |
| 18 | Then it 's that person 's prerogative it 's up to him if he wants to show everyone else where the water is . |
| 19 | Of all Elinor 's friends he was the least likely to be suspected of her murder . |
| 20 | In spite of all Diana 's effort it was badly crushed in the short journey to St Paul 's . |
| 21 | For all George 's faults he was not a murderer . |
| 22 | The world is in front of Stephen and behind him , as in some terrible children 's game he is caught in the middle of a circle , in a kind of nowhere . |
| 23 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 24 | Delia Cope believes by listening to Black women 's poems she is doing us a favour . |
| 25 | In one consultant 's report it is stated ‘ Brazil has no institutions that are capable of undertaking the task of achieving soil conservation and preventing land degradation . ’ |
| 26 | Ken did and Jackie promptly produced results : on his first day 's testing he was as quick as Bruce McLaren ; in his first race he won and scored eleven victories in thirteen starts . |
| 27 | I am one man 's meat I am nobody 's fool I refuse to make fish of the |
| 28 | But on that particular winter 's night I am recollecting the dining room was for some reason out of use , and Lord Darlington was dining with a solitary guest — I believe it was Sir Richard Fox , a colleague from his lordship 's Foreign Office days — in the vastness of the banqueting hall . |
| 29 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 30 | In the Supreme Court 's opinion it was clear that the tipper ( Secrist ) had not breached his duty since he did not disclose the information with the purpose of gaining some direct or indirect personal benefit . |