Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lawyer 's work has the same value as that of a barber in that all men have the same right to cam a living from their labour . |
| 2 | Most probably the boy 's sister had the same biochemical defect . |
| 3 | I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily . |
| 4 | THE Ffestiniog Railway Trust have issued the following statement regarding the FR 's bid to revive the former Welsh Highland Railway . |
| 5 | The girl 's bike has the same specification as the boy 's but comes with mudguards and a carrier at the back . |
| 6 | By a very ingenious mechanism a wooden screen can separate the transport from the body of the church at a moment 's notice reducing the latter in size when necessary and converting the former into a commodious , well lighted lecture hall . |
| 7 | Sydney : Continuing negative fallout from News Corporation 's slide dragged the All Ordinaries index down 17 points to 1,730.4 . |
| 8 | Genetically speaking , the reason for this is that all the cells except the sex cells in a wolf 's body have the same genes , while , as for the sex cells , all the genes have an equal chance of being in each one of them . |
| 9 | For teddy 's friend knit the same pattern in reverse leaving just one stitch between the noses ; position the mistletoe centrally above the bears . |
| 10 | A row of well-designed awnings can transform a building , especially if they incorporate the hotel 's or restaurant 's logo using the same colour schemes . |
| 11 | She smiled and waved , then took her grandfather 's arm to walk the few hundred yards to the church . |
| 12 | During the two-week break before Billy opened in London , White revised the whole show 's choreography to make the most of designer Ralph Koltai 's massive sets , which included staircases appearing and disappearing , scenes sliding off and on , high overhead platforms sliding forward for dancers , a back projection screen being lowered , and streams of coloured lights . |
| 13 | It was mentioned in chapter one that the rocks making up the Earth 's mantle show the same kind of behaviour — on a short time-scale , they are rigid ( ’ solid ’ ) enough to transmit shock waves from earthquakes , but on a much longer time-scale , they can ‘ flow ’ , and accommodate the convection movements which are believed to provide the driving mechanisms behind Plate Tectonics . |
| 14 | For example , an electric toothbrush that I bought states categorically that it should be completely discharged at the end of each month and my portable 's manual gives the same advice . |