Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] ' [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after my divorce , I moved back into my parents ' home because I could n't cope with Anna Alone . |
| 2 | Most treat the position as purely ceremonial , but they can actively preside over their courts ' proceedings if they choose , and in recent years a few have done so . |
| 3 | The two singles wins for Berkshire left the reigning champions in an irretrievable position and the home side added a dash more salt to their opponents ' wounds as they clinched a full eight victory points from the remaining doubles victory . |
| 4 | The little town was packed with milling crowds , but many of these were parents , come to collect their sons ' wages before they either went back to work or moved on to another farm . |
| 5 | Many women are filled with trepidation at the thought of their husbands ' retirement because they just want to do nothing . |
| 6 | The two kids were against her , one on each side , and she had her small and narrow arms round her kids ' shoulders and she pulled them to her . |
| 7 | Directors of limited companies are not personally liable for their companies ' debts unless you get a guarantee from them . |
| 8 | There , I learned , the churchyard was closed to burials , although her ashes might be interred — not in her parents ' grave as I had asked — but in the church 's garden of remembrance . |
| 9 | Rose 's Uncle Eustace , who lived upstairs in her parents ' home when she was a girl , was , incidentally , a staunch Methodist . |
| 10 | In some extraordinary manner the children seemed better able to cope with their parents ' injuries when they were well away from the hospital . |
| 11 | In another ten years they can come and visit me to their hearts ' content and I wo n't object . |
| 12 | A Yorkshire pay clerk 's widow was able to play a ‘ big part ’ in her granddaughters ' upbringing because she lived next door across a common yard and could be ‘ always there ’ , in and out of the house . |
| 13 | They stood up to be counted , to save their men 's jobs , their community and their families ' futures and I salute their courage and wish them well in their pit vigil . |
| 14 | Although we both knew that we were acting from the best possible motives , I argued , other people were always ready to place a malicious interpretation on their neighbours ' doings and it might therefore be better to wait before breaking the news . |
| 15 | Jacqueline , naked as a fish , ran screaming with delight from room to room , slithering out of her sisters ' hands as they tried to catch her . |
| 16 | AIRCRAFT unions will today seek assurances about their members ' futures when they meet American buyers of the 125 business jet . |
| 17 | Jennie recognized that the world could be at any of her Girls ' feet but she also understood that sometimes the youngsters were too scared to travel abroad . |
| 18 | It was her Achilles ' heel and he knew it . |
| 19 | That was what 'd taken my fancy when the plan struck me : I could just see them standing there , mouths opening and shutting , looking at me bringing home this strange new boyfriend , knowing that nice people are polite to their daughters ' boyfriends when they 're thrust in front of their noses but — how can you be polite , darling — or , well , be anything — to this one ? |
| 20 | A COMPUTER expert planted a ‘ logic bomb ’ programme in his employers ' system when he left the firm after a clash with the boss . |
| 21 | In the town of Newton Stewart , not too far from Annan , a solicitor , Giles Davies , lost £1.8 million from his clients ' accounts because he became embroiled in a similar deal . |
| 22 | He graduated from Valdese High School , studied chemistry at Wake-Forest University in North Carolina and then had to face a hard choice between his parents ' wishes that he return to work in the family businesses and his own strong interest in chemistry . |
| 23 | Yes , they had been neighbours in Shrewsbury , but of course they had only seen each other during the school holidays , and of course they had n't made friends over some grotty little terrace-house garden fence ; he 'd first noticed her from the tree house in his parents ' garden while she was learning to ride her new pony in her parents ' ten acres of mature woodland and well-kept pasture . |
| 24 | She must know as much of his patients ' secrets as he did himself . |
| 25 | It was only when I saw a magazine produced by his students ' class that I relaxed . |
| 26 | This was the first of many palatial properties occupied by Franco over the next forty years — a tendency which is difficult to reconcile with his hagiographers ' insistence that he was a man of austere tastes and habits . |
| 27 | He does not mind being the butt of his colleagues ' jokes because he always has the last laugh . |
| 28 | Because with that , we should be able to hear our enemies ' thoughts and we should be able to tell what everyone else was planning … |
| 29 | We were warned not to dress in our parents ' clothes and he threatened Frankie with his belt , but nothing more was said about it . |
| 30 | Let us assume that you have reached the point in your synspilums ' development where you are setting up their permanent breeding quarters , probably using a 60″ × 18″ × 18″ tank or larger ; you might just about scrape by with a 48″ , but this is not really recommended . |