Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former deputy prime minister , Lord Whitelaw , was contacted about Mrs Byers 's case and wrote to the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang . |
| 2 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 3 | I shall need to see today 's print-outs and talk to the drivers tomorrow , ’ she followed up firmly . |
| 4 | Each time the tension starts building up round Grimes , either in his person or in his absence , and eventually the mood erupts in an orchestral interlude descriptive in some way of the horror and introspection of Grimes 's existence and leading to a scene in which that existence is laid bare in monologue . |
| 5 | Would you like to represent the NCT and voice our member 's opinions and needs on an official body concerned with promoting good ante-natal care ? |
| 6 | Later , in a speech at Warsaw University , the Prince spoke with admiration of the Polish people 's struggle and talked to the veterans of the uprising in which people took to the streets against the Germans , expecting help which never came from the nearby Russian army . |
| 7 | Always grumbling , he had threatened them with all kinds of dreadful punishment if he had caught them walking in St Andrew 's churchyard or sheltering in the porch . |
| 8 | This morning the 780 employees of Digital in Galway will wake up with a hangover after a night 's mourning and stare into an uncertain future , wishing that some divine intervention could be called upon to extract them from their present straits . |
| 9 | Finally they arrived at Maggie 's cottage and stopped outside the front door . |
| 10 | They passed the Bush family 's cottage and struggled by the Vicarage . |
| 11 | When they were on holiday from school , she and Francis used to came to Billy 's cottage and sit in the kitchen , drinking tea . |
| 12 | He laid the rule on the girl 's chest and peered at the calibrations . |
| 13 | He made his way up to the top floor , found Maidstone 's apartment and knocked on the door . |
| 14 | Kopyion pulled out the old revolver stolen from the Academician 's apartment and moved over the fallen figure . |
| 15 | It could be , too , that the unusually complex character of Captain Hawkins , an illegitimate son of Peter Simple 's uncle , a man moved by obsessive jealousy , eroded by concealed cowardice and capable of the most intricate plotting against the young hero , has something to do with one of O'Brian 's most impressive studies of character , the officer Lord Clonfert who , in The Mauritius Command , more than once frustrates Aubrey 's plans and perplexes to the point of real suffering the open-minded captain with his extraordinary psychosomatic state . |
| 16 | As one director put it at the time : ‘ I will not allow my social workers , one of whose core values is honesty , to go into people 's houses and behave in a fundamentally deceitful way ’ . |
| 17 | It will be about twice as long as the goods brake and , as Colin 's article states , it will be carried on No. 5 's bogies and used as a mobile shop/ticket office/refreshment car . |
| 18 | Peacock is unsettled at St James 's Park and confused about the managerial situation . |
| 19 | On the following day Kim announced that he would honour his family 's wishes and remain within the DLP . |
| 20 | He said it was not easy to come to Cork with a favourite 's tag and play against a posse of cuemen he had grown up with and played so often in amateur competition . |
| 21 | They stopped beside Mrs McAllister 's resting-place and looked at the ground in silence . |
| 22 | The lorry , which was carrying tarmac , lost control on a bend , careered into a farmer 's field and came to a halt near a stream which feeds into a trout lake . |
| 23 | Some information is given about these iron deposits in Postlethwaite 's Mines and Mining in the Lake District page 127 . |
| 24 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 25 | And turning into the big , soft breast , she threw her arms round the woman 's shoulders and cried like a baby . |
| 26 | Then he was back , sliding his arm nonchalantly round Tug 's shoulders and smiling into the evening light . |
| 27 | We still work in the same building , so we 'll often pop into each other 's offices or talk on the phone , although Peter often blips me on my computer . |
| 28 | For this purpose auditors are entitled , under section 237(3) , to inspect the company 's books and to require from the company 's officers such information as they think necessary for the performance of their duties . |
| 29 | We went through Dick Whittington 's archway and banged on the metal-studded door for access . |
| 30 | Double check with supplier 's data and look at the part itself to confirm the pinouts . |