Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [noun] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , have I told you of the Lady Maude 's preparations for Christmas ? ’ |
| 2 | Erm seven comes headed satisfactory access , but can I remind you of the County Council 's er criterion which w which is Have good access or be able to provide good access , to the primary road network , but avoid unacceptable traffic consequences on any single part of the network . |
| 3 | The significance of these percentages can be gauged by comparing them with the South East 's share of total manufacturing which stood then at about 27 per cent . |
| 4 | Although 14 polytechnics will become universities this autumn under the new Higher Education Act , potential recruits will not find them in the university entrants ' handbook for 1993 . |
| 5 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 6 | Brother Cadfael , help me to the lord abbot 's presence ! |
| 7 | On May 8 Bush reiterated his faith in Quayle , criticizing the press for " pounding on him when he 's doing a first class job " , and repeating his determination to retain him as the Republican Party 's 1992 nominee for Vice-President . |
| 8 | This time Holy Foley faces the John Upson-trained course and distance winner Some Obligation and will be hard pressed to overturn him in the Ludlow Hunters ' Chase today . |
| 9 | They also enrolled him in the Skoda Owners ' Club , complete with badge and sticker . |
| 10 | If he had added the name of Viola Angotti to the list of those who had hit him in the stomach Ezzie 's face would have screwed up with laughter . |
| 11 | The government insisted this was the reason he secretly contacted Castro to mediate a solution that would save him from the drug dealers ' retribution . |
| 12 | Certainly , when I watched her in the St Trinian 's films , I knew I was watching someone who not only knew all of the people I knew , but could do a wicked job of ‘ taking them off ’ ! |
| 13 | Mrs Chamoun guides him around the Emir Bashir 's palace at Beit Eddine ; he is clearly taken in by the mythical Lebanon of happy agrarian masses toiling away under the guidance of a benevolent leader . |
| 14 | Balanced with a diet of the gospels , I would look on it as the church planters ' manual . |
| 15 | Frank Muir , introducing the slot , described it as the television industry 's favourite play . |
| 16 | And adequate software must be made available to ensure G M B activists can put into practice what they 've been taught and use it to the labour movement 's advantage . |
| 17 | I take his point about maintenance and I shall of course draw it to the Housing Executive 's attention . |
| 18 | The guns , which can take blank ammunition and are used in country and western events , were in a case left in the car when the owner parked it outside the Boiler Makers ' club . |
| 19 | They telephoned me at the St. Ermin 's Hotel , where Mollie and I were staying while our house in Smith Square was under repair , to pledge their support . |
| 20 | ‘ Despite what I thought to be a clear understanding on the part of their coaching staff , the Republic 's squad that played against us in the St Patrick 's Day match in Enniskillen , was too old and too experienced . |
| 21 | ‘ Excuse me , , I said to an elderly gentleman coming towards us , ‘ can you direct us to the Gypsy Queen 's caravan ? ’ |