Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb past] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of the College 's income came in the form of a government grant . |
| 2 | The Committee 's activities culminated in the summoning of a People 's Convention on 12 January 1941 . |
| 3 | Bissett 's difficulty lay in the time he had been allocated for his paper on the theoretical dimensions of the device . |
| 4 | But the SSD claimed this week that the Appeal Court 's judgement flew in the face of earlier court decisions . |
| 5 | When Carco called to see the paintings Zborowski ran to buy a candle , stuck it into the neck of a bottle , then showed Carco into a narrow , unfurnished room where a stack of Modigliani 's canvases stood in the corner . |
| 6 | Even the youngster 's goldfish perished in the blaze at his home in Saltaire , near Bradford . |
| 7 | Downstairs Madeleine 's hair flamed in the gold circle of light cast by the lamp . |
| 8 | Mr Gandhi 's murder came in the middle of a general-election campaign that had already been marred by more killing , intimidation and vote-grabbing than India had seen in any of its nine previous elections . |
| 9 | She looked away a moment , noticing how the fire 's light flickered in the window pane ; how it cast a mottled , ever-changing pattern against the narrow opening . |
| 10 | Mummy would be crying if she was alone and as soon as Daddy 's key turned in the lock , it would be her fault . |
| 11 | The detective 's pen hovered in the air . |
| 12 | José 's parents died in the influenza epidemic just after the First World War . |
| 13 | I stood on the winner 's rostrum swathed in the Union Jack , the photographers ' light bulbs flashing , the crowd clapping , cheering , other Union Jacks being waved from side to side . |
| 14 | Outside the Hellenic sphere , too , Wagner 's influence materialized in the form of a revival of earlier preoccupations : a renewal of Nietzsche 's old interest in large problems of aesthetics and art as a whole . |
| 15 | Ferranti 's move came in the wake of complaints about a market turndown from rivals such as Racal and Thomson CSF — the French group which may bid for Ferranti with British Aerospace . |
| 16 | Britain 's salvation lay in the EEC . |
| 17 | At his words , Lina Salamanca 's body shuddered in the spasm of a monstrous sigh . |
| 18 | His ban on assault weapons was helped no end by the fact that in February , in the midst of the floor fight in the legislature , a terrorist 's bomb exploded in the World Trade Centre in New York . |
| 19 | Lonnie 's art lay in the reinventing of American folk and blues tunes and his anguished keening on such glories as ‘ New Burying Ground ’ and ‘ Frankie And Johnny ’ is as unforgettable as a first kiss . |
| 20 | Tommy 's friend shuffled in the dirt . |
| 21 | Madra 's forehead shone in the heat , and with those dark eyebrows she looked as though she were concentrating hard on not spilling the wine . |
| 22 | Vechey 's corpse lay in the centre of the tower near a rickety hut , formerly used by guards on sentry duty . |
| 23 | The movie gave the world the catchphrase ‘ I 'm gon na make him an offer he ca n't refuse , ’ and showed that a character reputedly based on Frank Sinatra got his starring role in a top movie ( see From Here To Eternity ) when a horse 's head appeared in the bed of a top Hollywood producer . |
| 24 | Without speaking , she crooked her hand round the back of Cissie 's head , pulling her close until the girl 's head nestled in the dip of Beth 's shoulder . |
| 25 | MUCH of the breeding ground for Czechoslovakia 's revolution lay in the baroque atmosphere of Prague 's elegant cafes . |
| 26 | The heart of Lenin 's strategy lay in the creation of a party of professional revolutionaries . |
| 27 | Why is only Israel 's God allowed in the end to be a ‘ real ’ god ? |
| 28 | The final nail in Laker 's coffin came in the winter of 1981 when the big transatlantic carriers , including British Airways , cut their fares to match Laker 's . |
| 29 | For her it was sufficient that the Quantock sheep glittered with dew in the morning sunshine , that the full moon rose ‘ in uncommon majesty ’ over the sea , and that the silk-weaver 's dog howled in the dark at the sound of the village stream . |
| 30 | Jackson 's counter-strategy emerged in the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company ( 1836 ) and Stockton and Durham County Bank ( 1838 ) . |