Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] ' [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents ' break-up made me grow up very quickly which really helps quite a lot in my profession , ’ he says . |
| 2 | It seems from the work of earlier historians that at some time around 1200 the influence of the great magnates underwent a challenge : in part this was because the king was intruding more and more into what had been the magnates ' private preserve , the distribution of justice to their feudal tenants ; in part also because rising inflation damaged their incomes ; and because the individual ambitions of certain of the men who had been the tenants of their knights ' fees led them to seek their advancement outside their natural lords ' followings . |
| 3 | They have been close ever since their parents ' divorce drew them together . |
| 4 | Adjustment to their customers ' needs compelled them to establish an international presence that had hitherto been unnecessary . |
| 5 | Robson played 44 of Coventry 's 50 games and none of his rare absences was connected with the pelvic injury which at one stage of his Hammers ' career restricted him to 13 games in three years . |