Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [noun] 's [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man survived the war and told the tale and has lived a purposeful life ever since , seeking to carry on Kolbe 's work of reconciliation . |
| 2 | From one angle , it could be merely resting , yet from another , the crushed corpse seems to sum up man 's relationship with flies perfectly . |
| 3 | Evelyn desperately wanted to clean up Lizzy 's room for her but Kate had forbidden her to touch it . |
| 4 | Tom has to get back tomorrow , so Odd-Knut decides to circle the peak ahead and rejoin our outward trail to pick up Nat 's sledge on the way back . |
| 5 | Graeme Fowler and Gatting each scored double centuries in the sweltering heat of the Chepauk Stadium to set up England 's victory in 1985 . |
| 6 | The shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , aims to set out Labour 's stall by outlining proposals for a revamped Scottish Constitutional Convention in a speech tomorrow . |
| 7 | Wycliffe asked Curtis to point out Riddle 's yard on the map . |
| 8 | To start off Changez 's career in the grocery business , Anwar instructed him to work on the till , where you could get by with only one arm and half a brain . |
| 9 | One morning , Claude , the French maître d' , ran out of oranges and had to top up Dustin 's glass with some of the tinned variety . |
| 10 | ‘ True it is that we ai n't in the habit of entertaining the likes of you , sir , most of the gentry as stops here in Newark preferring to bait down Saracen 's Head with that there Mr Thompson , but — ’ |
| 11 | Was this his way of asking her to take over Lotta 's place in his life ? |
| 12 | Whether or not Aldershot need to take up Swindon 's offer of hospitality depends on a high court hearing on Wednesday . |