Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Fundació 's maintenance costs eat up the lion 's share of government subsidy , and as the programme is expanded the directors hope to cultivate funds for the exhibition and education programmes from sponsorship and patronage . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With Mr Merchant 's assistance Stewart opens up the box of chocolates and offers me one with the hand that is n't attached to a pulley and the ceiling . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the brief soliloquy following Clarence 's exit Richard keeps up the equivocation : ‘ I will shortly send thy soul to heaven , /If heaven will take the present at our hands ’ ( 119 — 20 ) . |
| 6 | Tom 's riding hat hung on the brass bedknob at the foot of his bed . |
| 7 | The Oscar-winner 's shock decision brought down the curtain on a glittering 30-year screen career . |
| 8 | Fujitsu has won permission from Sedgefield District Council 's development committee to put up a chemical drum store at its factory at Heighington . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 11 | Jay 's rainbow wings fluttered around a sun-sparkling river that had become her life , where she had been moping by an old canal full of dead shopping trolleys for years . |
| 12 | FEARS of a price war among Britain 's tour operators sparked off a fall in holiday shares yesterday . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Although his wife 's chintz chaircovers bring on a certain nausea whenever I am obliged to call . " |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | With United heading for an embarrassing goal-less draw , the manager 's son Darren knocked over a free-kick which was headed on by McClair for the unmarked Dublin to shoot past Tim Flowers from six yards . |
| 17 | Henry beat hot competition from Lovejoy Ian McShane and Noel Edmonds , whose TV show Noel 's House Party picked up a BAFTA award . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Ashley 's mother Jeanette takes up the story : |