Example sentences of "['s] [noun] be [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian 's got Ian 's mum 's trying to sell a gun to Christian |
| 2 | Pat Bateson 's analogy is to consider baking a cake . |
| 3 | Even in these days of recession Warden Sparrow 's books are bound to fetch a 6-figure sum at tomorrow 's auction . |
| 4 | The presence of Barrett 's oesophagus was found to have a significant positive association with transit time in supine position ( p=0.003 ) and a negative association with lower oesophageal sphincter pressure ( p=0.05 ) . |
| 5 | Jesus 's words are intended to put a stop to liberal divorce practices , and an all-too-easy acceptance of failure when more can be done . |
| 6 | Those who question Taylor 's future were left to swallow a performance that went a long way to answering the questions against the England manager . |
| 7 | A mixture which exerts a vapour pressure greater than that predicted by Raoult 's law is said to show a positive deviation . |
| 8 | Lyphard 's Delta is expected to complete a five-timer in the Group Three Abtrust Select Stakes at Goodwood . |
| 9 | Lyphard 's Delta is expected to complete a five-timer in the Group Three Abtrust Select Stakes at Goodwood . |
| 10 | The man who knows and claims the Bible 's promises is empowered to live a kind of life which would otherwise be completely beyond his grasp . |
| 11 | God 's truth is meant to have a powerful effect in changing even the most deep seated of our attitudes , even attitudes like those of the early Jewish Christians towards the Gentiles which had centuries of cultural back-up to support them . |
| 12 | Channel 4 's Crucible was scheduled to show a programme called Behaving Ourselves . |
| 13 | Charlemagne 's managers were told to present a series of accounts each year in writing , and Charles the Bald 's were warned not to have more in their strongboxes than they should . |
| 14 | Hence when the Wernicke 's aphasic is seeking to create a functional-level representation by applying these two processes to the message-level representation , the patient will be left with an appropriate argument structure but no content words to insert into it . |
| 15 | Jamie 's father is helping to organise a protest group , which may yet take Thames Water to court for damages over the cryptosporidia contamination . |
| 16 | ( Use only whole numbers ) b ) Jimmy 's father is going to put a steel edging around the table top . |
| 17 | Mr Spurgeon and Mr Spurgeon 's people were determined to have a great chapel . ’ |
| 18 | If a particular form of notice is prescribed , failure to serve notice in the prescribed form will not generally invalidate the notice ( Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral v Lennards Ltd ( 1977 ) 35 P & CR 309 ) ; although where the timetable is tight and the landlord 's notice is required to state a rental figure it may be of the essence that the notice should do so ( Commission for New Towns v R Levy & Co [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 121 ) . |
| 19 | If Mr Kinnock 's voice is beginning to grate a little after less than a month 's campaigning , is there a risk that the populace as a whole will not take to his Welsh lilt , should he get into Number 10 ? |
| 20 | Jim Smith 's Cup-fighters were hoping to rekindle a fading promotion play-off challenge and they were forced to put out what was , on paper , their strongest team , even though many of them looked as if they needed a rest after their efforts at Highbury . |
| 21 | This extract from Overdrive 's brochure is bound to impress a potential customer . |
| 22 | A Phocaean aristocrat happened to be the guest of the king of the Ligurian tribe of the Segobrigi when the king 's daughter was made to choose a husband at a banquet . |
| 23 | Some of the corporation 's governors were expected to attend a dinner at Broadcasting House last night , with the Birt issue the main topic of conversation . |
| 24 | DARIO GRADI 'S Crewe are set to unveil a secret player against West Ham tonight — a trumpet player ! |
| 25 | Clearly Shakespeare 's audience was expected to take a sceptical view of dreams as portents although attributing such beliefs to the ancients . |
| 26 | Indeed , John Knox was later to claim that after Beaton had cried into the dying king 's ear that there should be four regents , with himself as principal , ‘ a dead man 's hand was made to subscribe a blank ’ . |
| 27 | Limited exceptions were envisaged , for instance where the plaintiff is in a nervous state or confused by the effects of a brain injury or if the defendant 's doctor is known to have a fierce cross-examining manner . |
| 28 | In a series of overtly periodizing comments by these novelists , Flaubert 's oeuvre is deemed to constitute a ‘ turning-point ’ in French literary history . |
| 29 | On the day of her death a neighbour heard unusual noises at 4am and Paula 's mother was mystified to receive a pointless telephone call from Gilfoyle . |
| 30 | I wonder if Gran 's Co-op is going to have a closing down sale ! |