Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] 's [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He duly entered John 's interment in his register : ‘ Aged 24 ; with Military Honours ’ . |
| 2 | The fact that Tassi was already married only exacerbated Aratsio 's belief in himself as the aggrieved party . |
| 3 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 4 | Bradshaw rather unwisely greeted McLean 's arrival in the ring by nutting him . |
| 5 | Dick cross dresses , confesses he hates women , admits that he once shook Lulu 's hand in 1962 , ‘ If she 'd asked me to marry her , ’ said Dick , smoothing down his silk stockings , ‘ I would have said yes . ’ |
| 6 | He slammed a clenched fist onto the map with every reiteration of the name , then dismissively waved Sharpe 's despatch in Captain Blasendorf 's face . |
| 7 | He also sought China 's co-operation in putting pressure on North Korea to halt its suspected nuclear weapons development programme . |
| 8 | Similar to other reports we also identified Dieulafoy 's lesion in the duodenum . |
| 9 | As we shall see , what had been a relatively minor military operation enormously enhanced Franco 's position in the Nationalist power stakes and proved to be an important milestone along his road to power . |
| 10 | Krustyu Petkov , chair of the powerful Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria ( CITUB ) , also praised Zhelev 's statement in an interview on Sept. 2 . |
| 11 | Andy also had Nick 's bag in the English Dunhill Cup win of 1987 and , of course , carried it in 1987 when Europe beat the US in the Muirfield Village Ryder Cup , and in 1989 when the two countries tied at The Belfry . |
| 12 | Much of Muskie 's political fame was earned from his leadership in environmental affairs , which was now being eroded not only by Nixon 's proposals but also by a Ralph Nader report on air pollution which strongly criticized Muskie 's role in the past and just stopped short of accusing him of selling out to industrial polluters ( Lundqvist , 1980 ) . |
| 13 | Like the Celtic team of his childhood , Manchester United 's catholic heritage ultimately strangled Docherty 's faith in the holy scriptures and to a lesser extent in that more endearing religion called football . |
| 14 | In the first two Parliaments of Charles I Pye defended his master , as in turn relations worsened between the Commons and Buckingham , although in 1627 Sir James Whitelocke [ q.v. ] privately praised Pye 's conduct in connection with his disapproval of the then lord treasurer . |
| 15 | ‘ Oase ’ , one of three posters to play on the signature initial of the brand name , was part of the first stage of the new campaign which significantly improved Asbach 's performance in the second half of the year |
| 16 | It is one which is closely allied to a problem raised by implication by Alan Bennett , that imaginatively cynical Yorkshire dramatist and actor , who recently chose Mantegna 's Agony in the Garden as his choice in this month 's Dramatist 's Choice ’ series in the National Gallery . |