Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [vb past] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 That morning , as he galloped along the ride between the trees in the Tiergarten , his horse 's hooves kicked up the powdered snow filling him with a fierce joy .
2 Dissension among France 's enemies broke up the Second Coalition , though not before Russia 's most revered commander , Suvorov , had temporarily driven the French from northern Italy and conducted a legendary retreat through the Swiss Alps .
3 Grant 's eyes swept up the massive three storied building to the roof .
4 The arrangements of tins of soup , women 's hats and men 's shoes seemed exactly the same as a year ago .
5 Wolsey 's clerks drew up the necessary letters of accreditation , warrants and bills for the exchequer .
6 America 's carmakers did much the same in the 1980s by failing to respond to the growing Japanese competition in America 's small-car market .
7 Other Counsellors ' viewpoints picked out the wrecked pod , various parts of the slope and the gulley , and the four human targets .
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