Example sentences of "'s [noun] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , Elaine 's cooking often left a lot to be desired , but she was at least conscientious . |
| 2 | Heseltine 's opponents also employed a mixture of tactics in a campaign to defend the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | Had the designer of the nine and eleven penny range of Marks & Spencer 's petticoats ever eaten a peach , ever seen a peach growing , ever noticed the variation in tone and felt the softness and warmth of a fruit ripening against a wall ? |
| 4 | Pachomius 's monastery quickly generated a number of offshoots . |
| 5 | Mark 's circuit also employed a quad operational amplifier ( LM324 ) and offered separate output voltage and current limit controls . |
| 6 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |
| 7 | Cheney 's announcement nevertheless reflected a mood of caution at the Department of Defence . |
| 8 | Faldo sank a worthy putt for a birdie , but Norman 's victory still looked a formality until his tiny effort , similar to that which Scott Hoch missed for Faldo to win the 1989 Masters , hit the hole and ran past . |
| 9 | Immortalized wrongly but concretely by the call to burn bras , the women 's movement actually advised a policy of refusal of crippling stiletto heeled shoes , distorting and uncomfortable underpinnings and garments as mere titillation . |
| 10 | Her Majesty 's Inspectorate recently published a study of the Danish folkeskole , one of a series highlighting various aspects of foreign education systems believed to be relevant to British practice . |
| 11 | The President 's address also covered a range of other foreign and domestic issues , on which excerpts are given below . |
| 12 | Channell 's organization also used a code name for the weapons account ; it was ‘ toys ’ . |
| 13 | Nadirpur 's hand delicately traced a line across Ahn 's perspiring brow . |
| 14 | Bush 's remarks apparently indicated a softening of the US stance . |
| 15 | ( As the Guardian showed last week , Mr Parkinson 's unwitting connection was through having had his money used to buy 50,000 shares in Newman Industries — since renamed Avdel — where Suter 's stake-building eventually prompted a takeover . ) |
| 16 | The president 's speech also indicated a degree of unity between staff and students . |