Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nellie 's face took on a hard look as she walked beside him along the tiled corridor . |
| 2 | Rice , a controversial omission from South Africa 's World Cup team , has stepped down after 10 years as Transvaal 's captain to take up a position as a TV commentator during the competition . |
| 3 | DEREK GREGORY 's story revolved around a punch-up in a Middlesbrough pub between some macho men and an African poet . |
| 4 | Len Scott 's daughter carried out the milk bottle test . |
| 5 | As Mackay emerged from the Pass he saw Dundee 's army approaching down the valley , just ahead of him , and hastily deployed his troops on the slopes on his right flank , ‘ a ground fair enough to receive the enemy , ’ he later wrote in his memoirs , ‘ but not to attack them ’ . |
| 6 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 7 | I was on the grass below the paddock when Ronnie 's car pulled off the road with a completely inexplicable failure : inexplicable in that Ronnie could find no reason why his car , which had been going so well , should suddenly come to a halt . |
| 8 | After the failure of Hawkins 's attempt to open up a regular slave trade with South America , the English had paid only infrequent visits to the west coast of Africa , though a company to trade with ‘ Ginny and Binny ’ ( Guinea and Benin ) had been launched in 1618 . |
| 9 | That evening , when Mrs Hollidaye crept into Dot 's bedroom to damp down the fire for the night and check that the guard was securely in place , she had filled a trug basket with garden produce . |
| 10 | A race-fit Sabin du Loir proved six lengths too good for Waterloo Boy in this race last year before Nicholson 's gelding ran up a four-timer in the build-up to Cheltenham . |
| 11 | Another set of problems at the level of institutional approval was created for the CNAA by the decision of the University of London to run down its external degrees , and the CNAA 's agreement to take up the reins where possible and appropriate . |
| 12 | 10.30am It 's Alan 's job to set up the picture , arrange various props and decide on the complicated lighting . |
| 13 | Nestle 's milk conjures up a lot of memories for me . |
| 14 | Association chairman , Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson , said : ‘ We are extremely fortunate that Orient were prepared to allow a man of Frank 's talent to take on the job . ’ |
| 15 | That result has helped Ardiles 's side open up a two-point lead over Frank Stapleton 's Bradford City at the top of the Second Division . |
| 16 | Shiva 's eye travelled down the page . |
| 17 | The meeting supported Russia 's request to take over the Soviet Union 's seat on the UN Security Council , and Russia , Ukraine and Byelarus , already UN members , pledged to support other member states ' applications for full UN membership . |
| 18 | In retrospect , it is clear that this preemptive strategy succeeded : in most areas of France , the transfer of power into the hands of the Gaullist state went relatively smoothly ; Vichy 's bureaucracy put up no substantial resistance to de Gaulle ; and the AMGOT threat was averted . |
| 19 | Thompson took a fine ball from Pugh after 12 minutes and again raced clear but Swansea 's defence snuffed out the danger . |
| 20 | Come testing time , though , it was a different story altogether as Farr-Jones 's side put on an awesome second-half display in the rain and mud at Newlands . |
| 21 | Sappho wrote a few nicely pulsating ones , but I ca n't see Anya finding her way to Mephistco 's archive to chase up the 1,000-year-out-of-print Collected Works . |
| 22 | Mait 's face took on a whimsical look . |
| 23 | As we have seen earlier ( p. 5 ) , Tim Devlin 's teacher conjured up a disorderly , senseless situation . |
| 24 | Mortimer 's voice took on a purring note . |
| 25 | They travel to Nottingham Forest tomorrow for a game with a real edge to it , with Brian Clough 's side propping up the Premier League . |
| 26 | With the first blast of air Lucker 's cigarette flares up the Bible page paper with double quick speed . |
| 27 | The story is apocryphal and an instance of the way Minton 's life took on the quality of myth . |
| 28 | Rudston 's history goes back a very long way to Neolithic times and it is believed to be the oldest inhabited village in England . |
| 29 | The short burst from Silk 's Uzi lit up the bridge in a flickering light , showing its emptiness as the cat bucked and disintegrated in a shower of red pieces . |
| 30 | Madeleine 's voice took on an accusing note . |