Example sentences of "'s [noun] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mound of dirty crockery hid the draining board , and the sight of Mr Piggott 's frying pan hanging on the wall was enough to turn over Mrs Tilling 's stout stomach . |
| 2 | The ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad , as Scotland 's rugby team brought down the much-fancied England XV at Murrayfield by 13–7 and scooped all the prizes from the five-nations international championship . |
| 3 | Tom 's riding hat hung on the brass bedknob at the foot of his bed . |
| 4 | The Oscar-winner 's shock decision brought down the curtain on a glittering 30-year screen career . |
| 5 | Fujitsu has won permission from Sedgefield District Council 's development committee to put up a chemical drum store at its factory at Heighington . |
| 6 | Sedgefield District Council 's development committee turned down the application by the Redfern family because there would be an inadequate access and it would change the character of the village . |
| 7 | And Waxman 's Carmen Fantasy takes on a dimension of passion rarely heard in such an undisguised pot-pourri entertainment . |
| 8 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 9 | The Cabinet committee on a new Government Conference Centre to be built on the Storey 's Gate site ruled out the investment on grounds of cost ( it was subsequently given the go-ahead and , as of Autumn 1985 , has almost been completed ) . |
| 10 | Personal assistant Jacqueline Branch went to London 's Raphael Clinic to try out a float . |
| 11 | To thwart that , Koch 's America syndicate put on a new keel and removed ballast from the namesake boat , using the mid-series mode-change permitted under the barter agreement reached with Conner . |
| 12 | Throughout the first half Arsenal had most of the play , and Newcastle were held , until a cross from Arsenal 's goal line caught out the defenders and United 's Allen , unmarked , headed home . |
| 13 | Henry beat hot competition from Lovejoy Ian McShane and Noel Edmonds , whose TV show Noel 's House Party picked up a BAFTA award . |
| 14 | He beat hot competition from Lovejoy Ian McShane and Noel Edmonds , whose TV show Noel 's House Party picked up a BAFTA award at the weekend . |
| 15 | TRUE to the traditions of cup competitions , rugby union 's Pilkington version threw up a number of surprises in the last round , not least the demise of all three big West Country clubs . |