Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so after a month or so 's arrears accumulated she got the inevitable form — an eviction notice . |
| 2 | The report 's authors say they want the best for everyone |
| 3 | He waited until their faces reached a satisfactory degree of indignation then , over the next half hour , his low north-country voice spun out a story which revealed that political interests in the United States had channelled money through MacQuillan 's companies to enable him to acquire the Post ( or any other major British newspaper which came on the market and could be turned into a propaganda tool ) . |
| 4 | In courteously making a special journey to Beeching 's home to induce him to accept the invitation , Gardiner incurred the Prime Minister 's displeasure : Dr Beeching should have been invited to call on the Lord Chancellor . |
| 5 | At the end of his judgment he said , at p. 356 , that mandamus would not lie to direct the benchers of Gray 's Inn to compel them to call the applicant , who was a student member of the Inn , to the degree of a barrister-at-law and added that , if there was a ground for mandamus , the party must take the ancient course of applying to the 12 judges . |
| 6 | Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years . |
| 7 | Her strong commitment to women 's rights led her to write the first Salvadorean publication on the oppression of women , The Condition of Women in El Salvador , published in Mexico in 1961 . |
| 8 | After Andrew Stavanger 's wife died he turned the house into three flats , and he lives alone in the top flat . |
| 9 | venerable old Jew whose noble nature and gratitude to Fledgeby for releasing him from debts owed to Fledgeby 's father cause him to serve the young man devotedly as agent for Pubsey & Co . |
| 10 | Clear of the harbour , Ron 's farver took them to see the |
| 11 | Christmas would not be complete without holly , but before growing your own , take John Kelly 's advice to ensure you choose the right sex ! |
| 12 | Truman 's victory encouraged him to revive the battle for the Fair Deal . |
| 13 | Jesus practised levitation when he walked on water ( Mark 6:45f ) and Elisha 's clairaudience enabled him to overhear the enemy 's tactical talks before battle ( 2 Kings 6:8–12 ) . |
| 14 | That included the Kop singing She Loves You and Anyone Who Had A Heart and the Vernon 's Girls singing We Love The Beatles . |
| 15 | The horse in fact had the beginnings of colic , and Rosslyn 's understanding enabled her to help the horse before the situation became too serious . |
| 16 | Only in Petrushka is he seen to be the principal player in the action and even then only the actor-dancer 's complete commitment to the whole and complete loyalty to Fokine 's design make him dominate the action . |
| 17 | All the boy 's instincts told him to throw the money back at the policeman , their natural enemy , but his little brothers ' faces changed his mind . |
| 18 | The girl 's mother said she wanted the case to be brought back before court , as she said that motoring offenders were given sterner sentences than people who abused children . |
| 19 | Shrimpton 's mother fed them breakfast the next morning , but when her father showed up , he exploded and chased Bailey off the farm . |
| 20 | The sentence came under immediate attack , with the girl 's mother saying she wanted the case reviewed , and child care experts saying the judge 's remarks were ‘ totally unacceptable . ’ |
| 21 | Most at risk is Venice , California , on Los Angeles 's Pacific shore , where the Venice in Peril organisation welcomes visitors ' support to help them to save the many cultural treasures , some of them almost 50 years old . |
| 22 | Above all , experiencing our parents ' death forces us to face the fact of our own mortality . |