Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun prp] [noun] 's [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall write down David Gower 's name in my sleep . |
| 2 | Another witness described how a member of the Education Department attempted to play down Mr M 's contribution by strongly criticising his character at the Children 's Panel Hearing . |
| 3 | So I would walk down Mrs Lewis 's street in the hope of bumping into her . |
| 4 | And the Old Trafford boss last night thanked his lucky stars that he turned down Brian Clough 's approach for his 20-year-old son . |
| 5 | This would not matter , were it not for the apparent demise of the Liberals , who used to hold the balance in the Bundestag and whose defection brought down Helmut Schmidt 's government in October . |
| 6 | To this end , Pan American and Avions Marcel Dassault agreed to form a joint venture company to take over Pan Am 's responsibility for the marketing and support of the Fan Jet Falcon in the Wester Hemisphere and Far East . |
| 7 | He was just beginning to get heartily sick of the whole newspaper business , when Hayling phoned to follow up Ben Lowe 's letter of invitation . |
| 8 | George brought up Edwina Currie 's underwear on behalf of the Observer . |
| 9 | While there may have been isolated instances which appear to confirm this interpretation ( for example , in 1970 the Soviet Union bought up Costa Rica 's excess of coffee , which may well have been a factor contributing to the establishment of diplomatic relations the following year ) , other such instances have been similarly small-scale and the evidence overall is against it . |
| 10 | It is with great pleasure that I take up Mrs O'Neil 's call to arms on behalf of Martina . |
| 11 | We then elected to stay on and opened up those two houses ( Bombay Burma ) for thirty officers who had been turned out of hospital from the fighting lower down , and Pop opened up St Michael 's school for about eighty soldiers until they were fit enough to go back to duty . |
| 12 | So I rang up Conrad Black 's secretary for an invitation . |
| 13 | The article also quotes a source at the Ministry of Industry as saying that the government wants the spin-off , with corporate outside investors for the new entity , adding that , although the government is not opening up France Telecom 's capital to outside investors , ‘ nothing prohibits the privatisation of its subsidiaries . ’ |
| 14 | As trains halted , the orchestra struck up Aaron Copland 's Fanfare For The Common Man much to the amusement and delight of curious passengers . |
| 15 | I would also like to back up Susan Cooper 's letter in the November issue of Tennis World entitled Steffi OK because when I was at Brighton , Steffi actually stopped and posed in the street to have her picture taken with me , and also Steffi signed every autograph everyday without fail , outside and inside so I think this proves that Steffi is the best at recognising her fans , no matter what it takes . |
| 16 | Will you come back to me in terms of who you want to invite , taking on Liz Kermey 's point about involving people themselves if they so wish , and we 'll consult with the opposition liaison member and the vice-chair . |
| 17 | Right back Gary Fleming 's renaissance at international level is now complete , exemplified by another purposeful display . |
| 18 | He struck out Samuel Revill 's name on the second note . |
| 19 | It seems to bear out Mr Lamont 's criticism of important decisions too often taken for short-term publicity . |
| 20 | The first half produced only one real chance when City goalkeeper Tony Coton kept out Eric Cantona 's header in the 28th minute . |