Example sentences of "[noun sg] ['s] [noun] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The borough 's team hopes to maximise a mother 's chances of continuing to care for her children by providing independent counselling and advocacy to help her survive the investigation intact . |
| 2 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 3 | The Head of Department 's persistence appeared to win a somewhat grudging concession from the Head : |
| 4 | Large enough to be able to offer supervision in most areas of social policy and social work , the department 's commitment to research creates a very congenial environment for research students who will encounter a wide range of substantive interests and methodological expertise . |
| 5 | Her Majesty 's dogs did make a bit of a dent in the corgi image when one of them bit the Queen 's hand during a fight last year , but like King Charles the second and his spaniels , the Queen is inseparable from her corgis . |
| 6 | A male Couch 's spadefoot calls to attract a female to the pond . |
| 7 | Girolamo Cavazzoni 's arrangement of Passereau 's well-known chanson Il est bel e bon ( track 8 ) and his father Marcantonio 's Madame vous avez ( track 11 ) contrast sharply with the same composer 's freely composed Recercare primo ( track 6 ) , in which Marshall draws the instrument 's ripieno stops to create a sound of impressive brilliance . |
| 8 | The man who is every parent 's nightmare has become a dad himself , with a new-born son to keep him as whacky as ever . |
| 9 | The cat 's independence has encouraged a widespread view that it is asocial and unco-operative . |
| 10 | Thin streaks of cirrus lay parallel to the horizon , and between them the sun 's orb had become a well-defined sphere of a rich rose-crimson . |
| 11 | I was a witness and so on you see and down below and the sergeant said to me , the sergeant came up and said to me , you 'll have to be careful because he said that boy , he was sitting there with his mother , poor woman , all in black and er the em the boy 's employer had got a solicitor on his behalf , you see , and I said well I can only speak through and say what happened , that 's all I can do and er , so of course when I went into the witness box this man came and er asked me all sorts of questions . |
| 12 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department has produced a consultation paper proposing a new estate in land — commonhold — following a preliminary study of " condominium' legislation in other parts of the world . |
| 13 | The girl 's parents had arranged a surprise pre-wedding party for friends and relatives , with the vicar who was to marry them invited along as guest of honour . |
| 14 | The girl 's landlady had made a packed lunch from pork which is at the centre of a botulism alert . |
| 15 | The Liverpool boss 's punishment inflicted following a verbal attack on officials at the end of the second round first leg in the Lenin Stadium also excludes Souness from the dressingroom area . |
| 16 | The Liverpool boss 's punishment inflicted following a verbal attack on officials at the end of the second round first leg in the Lenin Stadium also excludes Souness from the dressingroom area . |
| 17 | The Liverpool boss 's punishment inflicted following a verbal attack on officials at the end of the second round first leg in the Lenin Stadium also excludes Souness from the dressing-room area . |
| 18 | Doug Michels , executive vice president of the Santa Cruz Operation , told conference attendees that while Microsoft Corp 's NT had provided a welcome focus on 32-bit operating systems , it 's commitment to open systems remains ‘ very weak ’ . |
| 19 | The prince 's decision has drawn a hostile reaction from many conservation organisations , including the Countryside Commission , not least because of the unprecedented length of the licences . |
| 20 | So Honey 's owner decided to get a helper to hold a bucket of oats and alfalfa chaff for Honey to eat while she herself mounted her , and this was done in such a relaxed and calm fashion that Honey also remained calm and went on eating . |
| 21 | The fact that the drug 's manufacturer had proposed a tightening of safeguards did not necessarily mean that the committee should agree to them . |
| 22 | He told us once his sister 's girl had married a Frenchman . ’ |
| 23 | At an extraordinary general meeting last Thursday , Spectrum 's shareholders agreed to form a consortium , Harmony Investments , which has pledged to inject at least £600,000 into the station to cover debts estimated at £450,000 . |
| 24 | He led Leeds to the English championship last season but the team 's fortunes have taken a dive this year . |
| 25 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 26 | Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN . |
| 27 | However , the hon. Gentleman 's position does seem a little curious . |
| 28 | The Duke 's thumbnail had forced a small scar into the map at another crossroads , this one much closer to Brussels and just south of a village with the odd name of Waterloo . |
| 29 | Even Midnight 's show-jumping had taken a back seat . |
| 30 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |