Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Sipotai 's scouts saw the small party under Burun 's silver banner , they would forget everything else . |
| 2 | The grant of Alemannia , where none of Charles 's half-brothers had a prime interest , was the least provocative way of making reasonable provision for Charles 's future . |
| 3 | There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 . |
| 4 | Mr Rocard 's proposals received a warmer welcome from the man judged to be the most popular member of the cabinet , the non-socialist health minister Bernard Kouchner . |
| 5 | Madame 's fingers twisted the magnificent ruby she wore . |
| 6 | They also realised that it might only be a matter of time before Poland 's enemies used the same tactic as part of a concerted effort to wipe the country from the maps again . |
| 7 | However , while the advisory team 's views had the undoubted consequence of making many Leeds primary classrooms seem busier and more attractive , the beneficial consequences for children 's learning were less clear ; and for some teachers , the claim of ‘ flexibility ’ had exactly the opposite effect , strait-jacketing them into practices to which they had no real commitment and which they had difficulty in managing . |
| 8 | Meciar 's views provoked an internal party dispute in which he was accused of intimidating political rivals and of making unnecessary and unconstitutional foreign trips . |
| 9 | Two of the institute 's researchers spent the best part of two years observing . |
| 10 | The Congress of People 's Deputies gave the necessary endorsement to Trubin 's appointment on Dec. 27 . |
| 11 | The sheer task of learning Clifford 's speeches demanded a great deal of concentration from James , a father of two ; Barnaby , four , and Florence , one . |
| 12 | The fanatic 's words held a harsh core of truth . |
| 13 | Citroen 's designers had an unenviable task when styling the XM . |
| 14 | The labour movement 's demands stressed the democratic control of industry by employees ' representatives . |
| 15 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 16 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 17 | Penry 's eyes held a sceptical gleam . |
| 18 | The familiar pattern of travel , hotels and the company of on 's peers invited a certain insularity , a tunnel vision indeed , either in terms of artificial detachment or , at the other extreme , of a debilitating introspection . |
| 19 | To keep order , Mosley 's supporters organised the so-called Biff Boys . |
| 20 | Although the union 's supporters dominated the Polish government ( formed in September 1989 by Tadeusz Mazowiecki — see pp. 36896-97 ) , there had recently been a perceptible strain of resistance among the membership to its increasingly political role . |
| 21 | Drawing on polarized representations of the passive , innocent child-victim and the debauched male client ( the stock-in-trade of much popular literature ) , Stead 's articles exposed the underlying depravity in aristocratic and fashionable London society . |
| 22 | But his reference to Caro 's motives struck an answering chill in her heart , simply because she , Robbie , knew so much that Fen did not . |
| 23 | The figures on schooling and educational background are particularly revealing , not just because they disclose that roughly 90 per cent of the country 's judges received a public school education , or that over three quarters had attended either Oxford or Cambridge universities , but because they also confirm that this social profile has remained virtually unaltered over the last four decades or more . |
| 24 | The tours , new homes , new baby , and Diana 's illnesses took a heavy toll . |
| 25 | The complexity and diffuseness of the Authority 's messages had a further effect . |
| 26 | ENGLAND 'S cricketers found a tranquil haven here yesterday in which to run through their early tour practice routine . |
| 27 | On his return to Vienna in November 1787 , Mozart 's fortunes received an unexpected boost — his first permanent appointment at the Viennese court as kammermusicus ( chamber composer ) . |
| 28 | But following his hope GP at Assen last June , Zeelenburg 's fortunes took a spectacular turn for the worse . |
| 29 | The 28-year-old mechanical engineer 's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom . |
| 30 | But even the heavily biased reports from the Propaganda Offices were obliged to admit that criticism of Hitler and grave doubts in his alleged ‘ strategic genius ’ were mounting sharply , and that those still believing his words that 1945 would bring a ‘ historic turning-point ’ in Germany 's fortunes had a hard time against the doubters . |