Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb past] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Set 's existence ended in a brief moment of agony , as he took the full force of Angel One 's flying hip-kick on his open upper jaw . |
| 2 | Flack 's skin glistened in the white , gritty light , his thin face tight with fatigue . |
| 3 | Against such chilling prospects , Vologsky 's mind rebelled in a frenetic search for hope . |
| 4 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 5 | Müncheberg 's Staffel returned in the early evening as escorts to Italian bombers , engaging six Hurricanes over Luqa . |
| 6 | The chief engineer 's department remained in the old CEB headquarters , and Hacking and Pask were looked upon by the divisions as the engineering heads of the industry , but the division of responsibilities at the top of the BEA , as we have seen , envisaged a role also for Self , as the deputy chairman in charge of administration ( pp. 12–13 , above ) . |
| 7 | Nathan 's mouth quirked in a mirthless , sardonic smile . |
| 8 | The car 's number in gold shaded black and a maker 's transfer appeared in the left hand upper panel of the bulkhead balanced by a glass bullseye in the right hand one , over which a red slide could be moved to act as a tail lamp . |
| 9 | With Tyson gone and Tucker 's prominence chequered in the continuing row over who Lewis should fight first , King has no charismatic heavyweight to bring in big money so sees Chavez as his passport into Mexico , where the fighter is viewed almost as a God and where vast live gates and previously untapped pay-per-view television income looms large . |
| 10 | Sweetheart 's footsteps rang in the flagged yard . |
| 11 | When Edberg 's serve wavered in the seventh game , Becker struck in deadly fashion , taking the game to love with a dazzling array of returns and passing shots . |
| 12 | As far as total dust veil is concerned , it seems to be roughly the same size as the veil from the Agung eruption , which has been blamed for cooling the northern hemisphere by about 0.3 °C in the mid-1960s.There is one key difference , though : El Chichón 's eruption occurred in the northern hemisphere , Agung 's in the south . |
| 13 | Bob Geldof 's initiative resulted in the biggest ever sum of money being wrung out of the haves on behalf of the have-nots ; in itself and in isolation an admirable achievement . |
| 14 | In one case the doctor 's name appeared in a promotional brochure as medical adviser to a company marketing an electrical device that was claimed successfully to treat a range of conditions including migraine , arthritis , insomnia , and depression . |
| 15 | United 's problems started in the first half when Brentford went ahead with a freak a fluke goal from Gary Blissett … that knocked the stuffing out of them … |
| 16 | Dignam 's career blossomed in no uncertain manner . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , at the end of 1990 Haiti 's economy remained in a perilous state , with the country estimated to be the poorest in the Western hemisphere . |
| 18 | Niamh 's victory came in a nail-biting final moment of the competition against Britain 's Sonia with Better The Devil You Know . |
| 19 | Zhelev 's victory came in the second round run-off , when he won 53 per cent of the vote against 47 per cent for Velko Valkanov , an independent supported by the ( former communist ) Bulgarian Socialist Party . |
| 20 | Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited in the 1970s was watched across the face of the globe on television screens , like Galsworthy 's Forsyte Saga before it . |
| 21 | Perryman 's relief came in the 52nd minute when Ken Charlery , his Pounds 350,000 signing from Peterborough , scored his third goal in seven matches to bring an end to more than 400 minutes of League football without Watford scoring . |
| 22 | It was usually something quite silly and trivial , like leaving the taps running in the bath huts or over-stuffing the dustbins so that mess and litter was spread all over the ground , but sometimes someone 's carelessness resulted in the whole inadequate drainage system being completely overloaded and clogged up . |
| 23 | Croydon 's turn came in the third stage on the night of Saturday 7 April 1951 . |
| 24 | Though the easy life of acting as Britain 's larder ended in the 1970s , they have been slow to add value to produce before exporting it — oven-ready lamb rather than frozen carcasses , fancy cheeses rather than plain cheddar . |
| 25 | I 'll be right there , Char , ’ Mandy 's voice drifted in the open door . |
| 26 | The man 's voice came in an intimate whisper . |
| 27 | The man 's voice boomed in the small room , would be heard down the corridor in the outer office where Carol lorded it over her clerical assistants . |
| 28 | Nick 's voice rose in a loud , breathy cry . |
| 29 | McCarthy 's mistake came in the 76th minute when he allowed a long ball to go over his head , and Guy Whittingham nipped in for the equaliser . |
| 30 | One of the woman 's children died in the ensuing fire . |