Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 2 | A good example of this is provided by the reaction provoked by the influx of the Palatines , fleeing religious persecution in Germany , and the Whig ministry 's decision to allow them the benefit of naturalisation in 1709 . |
| 3 | The Ideal had to close down , and a vandal 's brick made it the Id al , which spelled the end of an era . |
| 4 | ‘ It is the agency 's responsibility to find you the type of work you have indicated that you are interested in . |
| 5 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 6 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |
| 7 | The side Quiss belonged to called it Castle Doors , Ajayi 's side named it the Castle of Bequest . |
| 8 | Then the cheeky four-year-old showed off by singing her favourite song — the drinker 's ditty Show Me The Way To Go Home . |
| 9 | Eva 's parents wrote her the news . |
| 10 | Durrant 's determination won him the ball at the byeline just inside the Marseille penalty area . |
| 11 | Readiness refers to an individual 's attitude towards the change , and capability refers to an individual 's capacity to do whatever the change requires of him or her . |
| 12 | That was puzzling Claudia , but a moment 's reflection gave her the answer . |
| 13 | ‘ For God 's sake tell me the truth . |
| 14 | Bowes must have taken Nedham into God 's Gift to show him the place where the accident happened . |
| 15 | The Vicar 's wife gave her the magazine to edit and type up . |
| 16 | The three years stretching ahead seemed like a long time , then , worth buying a little house in Rummidge for ( Robyn 's father lent her the money for the deposit ) rather than paying rent . |
| 17 | In 1238 Alexander III 's father promised me the crown but then he married again and begat Alexander , the third of that name , and the up was dashed from my lips . |
| 18 | The Labour Party finally conceded defeat on April 25 after Moda'i confirmed on television that he would definitely support Likud , despite Peres 's offer to give him the deputy premiership and the finance portfolio . |
| 19 | Tonight 's gig encapsulates everything The Farm are good at — simple , terrace-anthem pop which can be entertaining and more affecting than a thousand Simon Dudfield pouts . |
| 20 | If CERN 's members give it the go-ahead , it will be ready sooner than the SSC , for which it will be the only competitor . |
| 21 | A referee 's mistake lost them the match against Auckland and they were in with a chance for a long time in the Test — there was only one — before being beaten 11–3 . |
| 22 | Pascal 's approach shows us the way : ‘ The hypothesis that the apostles were knaves is quite absurd . |
| 23 | Andy Cole 's U-turn gave him the space to shoot high into the net . |
| 24 | The Southampton central defenders left it to Flowers — but Goddard 's challenge won him the ball and left him with a simple chance . |
| 25 | Rosmer 's anecdote gives us the measure of the role that Bukharin played , not only in relation to Lenin , but also to the whole Bolshevik Party . |
| 26 | She saw him stick out his lower lip , a quick glance at Marc 's expression showed her the folly of such a request . |
| 27 | Another great spiritual advantage was that the people 's occupation allowed them the opportunity to read good books or to engage in godly conversation whilst they were working away at their looms . |
| 28 | S. O. Letterman 's office sends me the announcement made at Cannes of the imminent Franco-American production of the moving story of Claude Cohn-Casson , to be called Masai Dreaming . |
| 29 | His 52.3s win in the under-17s ' 400m earned him the award for the top track athlete in the Northern Division One West match . |