Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] ' [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Nithard does so , however , while the author of a curious single annal for 830 – 1 , tacked onto the Prior Metz Annals ( the last entry otherwise was for 805 ) makes Judith the central figure in the story , and explains the 830 rebellion in terms of her stepsons ' hostility to her and her " very goodlooking son Charles " who " they feared might succeed as heir in his father 's realm " .
2 Having enjoyed their own childhood and experienced their parents ' delight in them , they want to repeat the good experience from the position of parent , and have few fears about this .
3 Those such as Boromir are saved by their friends ' love for them .
4 But if he can leave all this behind , and wearing only ordinary casual clothes still keep up his peers ' belief in him , then the Town Boys are likely to accept him .
5 Esther had already whetted his appetite , and it was close enough to his parents ' home for him to return there for lunch each day .
6 He was inexperienced and little known before he was propelled into the highest office by his friends ' ambition for him and by the deadlock between Long and Chamberlain in 1911 .
7 It wo n't take over your teaching and it wo n't do your students ' learning for them .
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