Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 2 | Lewis 's branch resolved not to remit funds to London Head Office until a full investigation of its financial affairs had been carried out and , when this proposal was accepted and undertaken on behalf of the Executive Committee and reforms proposed and instituted , refused to accept these and severed its connection with Wilson 's organisation . |
| 3 | But Mark Bowen 's miss did not deflate manager Mike Walker , who proudly leads his side into the final 20 games with a three-point lead . |
| 4 | Of course , Gaullists claimed that the General 's policies had always had costs . |
| 5 | The warden 's cottage did n't have water laid on until 1949 . |
| 6 | The Queen Regent Luiza of Portugal was so anxious for this alliance that a secret treaty was drawn up in case England 's Parliament did not consider Tangier and Bombay sufficient as Catherine 's dowry , in which Madeira too would have been ceded to England . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the bank 's clients had already exchanged contracts at £3.5 million . |
| 8 | Tsu Ma 's eyes had never left Li Shai Tung 's face , yet they had not been seeing him . |
| 9 | The mercenary leader 's eyes did not leave Ratagan 's . |
| 10 | But Leon Kennedy 's eyes did not hold humiliation , only the assembling of a special hatred . |
| 11 | In the busy , noisy restaurant men 's eyes did not follow Tildy . |
| 12 | In the busy , noisy restaurant men 's eyes did not follow Tildy . |
| 13 | It must not be exaggerated ; the growth of the United States was enormous , but even that giant 's stride did not deprive Europe of the economic leadership of the world by 1914 . |
| 14 | Lindsey 's gaze flew up to meet Niall 's , and he shrugged dismissively . |
| 15 | ( c ) There was an additional reason for considering that there was no infringement of article 52 : the criterion of the owner 's nationality did not prevent nationals of other member states from establishing themselves in the United Kingdom to operate fishing vessels — it only prevented them from doing so under the British flag . |
| 16 | These would have to be stringent enough to ensure that the country 's borrowing did not put pressure on national or Community interest rates . |
| 17 | It was well into the charter business 's low season , so the vast majority of Cutwater 's yachts had either gone north for the summer or were sitting on jackstands out of the water . |
| 18 | Until this exchange the violent turn in Chant 's eye had never unsettled Estabrook , but it did now , preventing him as it did from meeting the other man 's gaze directly . |
| 19 | Courier 's routine included uniquely designed workouts by his fitness trainer , Pat Etcheberry . |
| 20 | Both his mother and his brother found this new ruthlessness in Edouard 's character did not spare members of his own family . |
| 21 | Giancarlo 's smile did not reassure Constance . |
| 22 | It was an old story that Jake and Sarah 's father had never married Gran — afraid , perhaps , of the sort of children a Demdyke would bear . |
| 23 | Three years , 326 TV plays , one Coronation and 5,000 television sets later , it shut down again , so that signals from Ally Pally 's mast did n't alert enemy planes . |
| 24 | Cnut 's absence had obviously seen unrest in the area , but unless it was connected with the return of the ætheling Eadwig ( date unknown , see above ) its nature is obscure . |
| 25 | Jahsaxa 's pals had virtually pulled hir to bits . |
| 26 | Joan 's friends did not think Branson to be a particularly eligible figure . |
| 27 | This means that if a ruler 's commands did not deserve obedience , resistance to them might be justified . |
| 28 | No , films like Rebecca 's Daughter did n't have reviews . |
| 29 | Some indigenous activists say Ecuador 's government had better pay attention , or face a guerrilla uprising like that in next-door Peru . |
| 30 | The Rectory 's windows glowed behind drawn curtains . |