Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , ’ said Archie , ‘ only for gawd 's sake do n't say I did . |
| 2 | In 1777 Stein 's piano did not jangle because of the addition of the escapement . |
| 3 | Somehow Dr Neil 's touch did not seem to affect her as badly as that of most men , even though in the cab home sitting so near to him nearly brought on the kind of faintness which she had felt on the walk home from church . |
| 4 | Save for one mention of a PLO official in Beirut — the spokesman slugging champagne at the diplomatic reception — Yassir Arafat 's organisation did not receive a single reference in the thousands of words I wrote . |
| 5 | Jean 's headmistress did not agree ; nor did Bloomsbury House . |
| 6 | They do not reach the true fundamentalist , because even if he read them , he would be left quite unmoved because James Barr 's theology does not give a viable and positive alternative to fundamentalism . |
| 7 | Brezhnev 's plan did not preclude regional defence agreements among the Gulf states . |
| 8 | No , films like Rebecca 's Daughter did n't have reviews . |
| 9 | Mr Murdoch 's accounting does not help . |
| 10 | Miss Grimsilk 's face did n't crack , although he did perceive — perhaps — the very faintest of flushes creeping up from her neck . |
| 11 | The suggested practice would also help the holder of the copy of the master bill trace his goods in the event of the NVOCC 's insolvency or disappearance , especially if the NVOCC 's bill does not name the actual vessel . |
| 12 | Surere 's stare did not waver . |
| 13 | Acquavella 's agreement does not cover Freud 's drawings , nor his etchings which will be published by Matthew Marks in New York . |
| 14 | The ball on leaving Hoddle 's boot does n't touch the ground , until of course it 's bouncing in the back of the net . |
| 15 | Renault 's management did n't wait . |
| 16 | Ken 's clan did n't take kindly to that and rounded on the woman , who sought some kind of defence . |
| 17 | The ultimate distinction for any performance of this work must be to topple over and drown in its own pretentiousness and Segerstam 's direction does n't possess quite the urgency or the dazzle to achieve that . |
| 18 | The Carmen model also worked well and has retractable bristles , so Linda 's hair did n't get tangled . |
| 19 | As Richard 's reign did not begin until 1377 , this is obviously wrong and the discrepancy is thought to have arisen when the charter was either copied incorrectly or misplaced and written from memory . |
| 20 | The treaty 's economic implications had been underlined by Kuchma on Oct. 31 when he claimed that Ukraine 's budget did not permit " the multi-billion dollar expense " involved in removing strategic missiles . |
| 21 | These people share the view of western experts that the nuclear missiles now on Ukraine 's territory do not increase its security . |
| 22 | The coincidence of the bronzewings ' appearance and Gould 's arrival did not escape comment by the local Aborigines , who had , like Natty and Jemmy , attached themselves to the strange English bird-man . |
| 23 | It is now clear from Cooper v Motor Insurers ' Bureau [ 1985 ] QB 575 that MIB 's liability does not extend to a judgment obtained against the owner of a vehicle by the person actually using it who is injured because of its dangerous condition . |
| 24 | Neil Fairbrother missed practice yesterday because of a virus , but , at the moment , England 's management do not regard him as being doubtful . |
| 25 | The Queen Regent Luiza of Portugal was so anxious for this alliance that a secret treaty was drawn up in case England 's Parliament did not consider Tangier and Bombay sufficient as Catherine 's dowry , in which Madeira too would have been ceded to England . |
| 26 | For one thing , a much smaller house , because after all , C. Mellings , Printers and Stationers had to support two establishments ; Cedric 's and Jane 's house did not have that elusive but unmistakable atmosphere of ease , of success . |
| 27 | NIGEL 'S FLU DID N'T EARN HIM ANY SYMPATHY FROM GINA . |
| 28 | But the newsagent next door to Mr Afzal 's store does n't agree . |
| 29 | By the teethmarks in Heather 's T-shirt we knew Penny had pulled her back from the stairs — Heather 's body did n't have a mark on it . |
| 30 | The third case was impossible to assess , for Mrs Kitchener 's daughter did not want to be interviewed again , but the development officer 's account at a time when Mrs Kitchener had been known to the project for about a year gives some indication of the situation : |