Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [noun sg] 's [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first was not so much Offa 's death on 26 or 29 July 796 ( ASC D , s.a. 796 ) as the death of Ecgfrith , his successor , 141 days later ( ASC A , s.a. 755 ) which threatened all that Offa had struggled to achieve within Mercia and created dynastic uncertainty at the centre of the Mercian polity as royal power was assumed by Coenwulf , a prince claiming descent not from Eowa or Penda but from a certain Coenwealh , allegedly in the genealogies a brother of Eowa and Penda ( see Appendix , Fig. 8 ) . |
| 2 | The Nevada Air National Guard helped open each day 's show with a formation pass of RF-4s followed by F-16s . |
| 3 | Back at the clubhouse , it was just another day 's work for the club professional , the irrepressible Dai Stevenson , who has been dispensing tees and sympathy to the Portrush members for 16 years , as had his late father , the legendary P G Stevenson , from 1922 to 1977 . |
| 4 | ‘ At nights , ’ said the Canadian , ‘ it was so cold that you could n't sleep at all , and about dawn you 'd hear the shots as they knocked off that day 's quota of Frenchmen out in the yard . ’ |
| 5 | To sum up this chapter 's survey of what people believe about sleep and dreaming — what seem to be the self-evident truths — it must be admitted that there is very little consensus . |
| 6 | 'In other words , ’ said Codron , ‘ we were responsible for totally mucking up this woman 's entry into womanhood by letting her see Loot . ’ |
| 7 | In the event , however , the project occurred in neither of these areas : not in Barnet because the psychogeriatric service was still in the process of development ; nor in Southwark because , although there was an enormous amount of goodwill and enthusiasm for the project , the social services unions ( particularly the joint Home Helps Shop Stewards Committee ) decided that they could not endorse cooperation with the project , the main reason being that they felt — mistakenly in our view — that a project which employed its own carers might be a threat to the employment of local authority home helps , and that ‘ to endorse such a service is not helping the elderly in the long term , it is only carrying out this Government 's stratagem in closing Homes and hospitals ’ . |
| 8 | Remember to check out this month 's Top to Tail if you own a Poodle . |
| 9 | Challenges to decisions are made in court proceedings between the parties such as the following : ( 1 ) an application for an injunction , which , as well as being a court order stopping the reference can also be used to stop further performance of the contract following the decision ; or ( 2 ) an application for an order for specific performance , which is a court order that the decision be put into effecteg , a sale of property at an expert 's valuation ; or ( 3 ) defence to court proceedings brought to enforce the decision ; or ( 4 ) an application to strike out either side 's claim under RSC Ord 18 r19 ; or ( 5 ) a construction summons , which is an application to the court for a ruling on an allegedly ambiguous document ; but see 13.9 ; or ( 6 ) a petition under s459 of the Companies Act 1985 , on which see the discussion at 3.7. above . |
| 10 | This sums up well this chapter 's exploration in search of happiness . |
| 11 | And the trail went dead for about another fortnight , I did n't hear any more so , I thought Well maybe it is n't you see , maybe it is n't this chap 's furniture after all . |
| 12 | Having just shelled out for yet another year 's subscription to fabbo Guitarist magazine , I was raisy-eyebrowed to see under ‘ Postscript ’ in September 's issue : ‘ … will not only win that automatic free year 's Letter of the Month subscription … blah , blah , blah , blah … ’ |
| 13 | While the Troop Commander attended the ‘ O ’ Group in Regimental Headquarters , which was ensconced in yet another fly 's paradise of a farmyard some twenty-five kilometres away , the remainder of the troop were roused from their fitful dozing in the late afternoon sunshine to prepare their main compo meal of the day , check equipment and attend to the usual rituals of washing , shaving and boot and weapon cleaning . |