Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hussa and the boy 's sister soon arrived from Al Ain and installed themselves in the adjoining bedrooms . |
| 2 | Lee 's stepdad suddenly appeared behind Philip . |
| 3 | When they reached it Sarah counted four children playing near the turf-sided lock , and fears for Angel 's safety immediately sprang to mind . |
| 4 | Much of West Germany 's waste formerly went to East Germany for disposal . |
| 5 | IAN Wright 's name duly went into referee David Allison 's book — but it will not cost him his FA Cup semi-final place against Tottenham next month . |
| 6 | ‘ But , unfortunately , this undesirable side to your brother 's character only came to light after I 'd hired you . |
| 7 | Warwick 's defection also called into question the loyalty of royal retainers within the duchy of Lancaster . |
| 8 | Warwick 's defection also called into question the loyalty of royal retainers within the duchy of Lancaster . |
| 9 | The particular object of his fear becomes clear from advice given to his son , Taskopruzade 's father , who was appointed kadi of Aleppo by Selim I. Although Taskopruzade 's father actually went to Aleppo , he resigned before taking up his duties as kadi , remembering an injunction of his father 's : " Do n't become a kadi . " |
| 10 | The women 's union quickly ran into trouble though . |
| 11 | Bannen 's voice positively glowed with anticipation . |
| 12 | Shadshit 's voice suddenly rose to rehearsal pitch and he walked out of the toilet and into the dressing room . |
| 13 | The sergeant suspected that Blufton 's self-confidence sometimes crept into arrogance , a desire to treat the people around him as tools for his own gratification , although he was too in control to allow this to happen in the presence of police officers . |
| 14 | Back to the superbikes and Fogarty 's win never looked in doubt . |
| 15 | Louis XIV duly carried out the letter of the Treaty of Utrecht by forcing the self-styled James III to move into Lorraine , technically a separate province , 100 miles [ 160 km ] from Paris , but James II 's widow still resided at St Germain , a centre for Jacobite intrigue , from which messages were carried to England by French diplomatic couriers . |
| 16 | He then sailed on to Dungeness where Sir John Norris 's fleet now appeared in strength . |
| 17 | In spite of this , Mahan wrote ‘ For twenty-two months Nelson 's fleet never went into port , at the end of that time , when the need arose to pursue an enemy for four thousand miles , it was found massed and in all respects perfectly prepared for so sudden and so distant a call . ’ |