Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , today 's activities had offered some hours of reprieve from thoughts of him — at least until such time as they were due to meet up later in the afternoon . |
| 2 | By the following month , furthermore , Reagan 's rating had dropped ten points , where it broadly stayed during the next three months while the administration successfully defended its budget-cutting package and won a stunning endorsement of the tax reduction measure . |
| 3 | Asked if his call on Tuesday for Mr Hussey 's resignation had overshadowed last night 's proceedings , he replied : ‘ We will have to wait and see — tonight is party night . |
| 4 | A statement from Germany 's Bundesbank seemed to rule that possibility out . |
| 5 | There was a pause while Gavin 's duty-neuron struggled to assimilate this information . |
| 6 | The knowledge that he was not going to be charged with Angy 's murder had aroused profound relief but not elation ; his invitation for this evening had brought pleasure but no excitement . |
| 7 | I mean supposing women 's football did get more support and i wen and i it did become more widespread , more popular at every level , there was time , the resources to do it , do you think the things that people complained about football at the top of this programme er , the bigotry , the aggression , the rowdiness , do you think they would begin to overwhelm women 's football in the way that some of you think they 've overwhelmed men 's football ? |
| 8 | Indeed , the Illustrated London News shows that Guest & Merriman 's experiment had included several microphones and a selector system , but the surviving disc shows no sign of active ‘ mixing ’ . |
| 9 | Doreen 's eyes widened to express shocked dismay . |
| 10 | Charlotte stood on the spot where Maurice 's car had stood that morning and gazed to the north , her coat buttoned to the collar , scarf wound around her neck . |
| 11 | Tyson 's lawyer wanted to bring some women in or summat , these three women what would say what other , like go against her to say erm that she wou just wanted him |
| 12 | Hitler 's rule had provided golden openings for armies of opportunists to ‘ better themselves ’ by pulling on the Party uniform and obtaining the profits and trappings of minor office . |
| 13 | Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders . |
| 14 | Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders . |
| 15 | Ian Branfoot 's side had collected 73 bookings and six sendings off before the match . |
| 16 | Stalin 's KGB managed to process more people through his concentration camps than the Inquisition managed through their courts . |
| 17 | he had a way with him and he was , got on very well with Mr and er he told us afterwards that erm the whole trouble was that the children 's baths had leaked that morning |
| 18 | On a positive note , Reader 's Digest continued to give considerable satisfaction , as it fulfilled its role of export earner at a time of dollar weakness . |
| 19 | The Eksund 's cargo had included surface-to-air missiles , mortar shells , rocket launchers and semtex high explosive . |
| 20 | General Leclerc 's troops had shown great skill and speed , Gracey said , but much unnecessary brutality . |
| 21 | Ursula 's concern for Samantha 's safety seemed to eclipse any grief she felt on Maurice 's account . |
| 22 | On the eve of the ballot both camps expressed confidence about the outcome : Mrs Thatcher 's team anticipated gaining sufficient votes to win outright : Heseltine 's followers asserted that he had enough support to force a second ballot . |
| 23 | She knew Eddie 's gambling had had disastrous consequences for her family , but it had been a terrible shock to discover he had taken so much from his best friend as well . |
| 24 | During the later part , or the very last part , of this period , Pat 's body began to show tiny signs of animation . |
| 25 | Mary 's husband had died three months ago from cancer of the lung . |
| 26 | Yesterday William Weatherspoon , the conference chairman , and former Inverness headmaster , said this year 's conference had provided hopeful signs that the various churches ' positions could be harmonised . |
| 27 | She remembered what Deana Davenport 's friend had said four months ago — ‘ If I had a dollar for every nurse … who 's been infatuated with Tom Russell … ’ |
| 28 | Peter de Savary 's crew discovered climbing last year , although it appears he off-loaded the place on another property speculator in the summer without bothering to tell anyone ! |
| 29 | There was a red car waiting outside the farmhouse when she reached it ; the car 's wheels had cut deep tracks through the long grass , tracks that were only just beginning to fade as the plains wind breathed across them . |
| 30 | The Swedish diplomat 's wife had to visit American tourist places instead of English ones so I had her saying : ‘ We are going to ze Rockingfellow Centre and ve are seeing Saks on 5th Avenue . ’ |