Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Lisa 's story had conjured up an arresting image .
2 South Africa was marred by the fatal accident to Tom Pryce when a marshal ran across the track : a memorable moment when a dead man 's car kept running down the straight .
3 The last one 's meat had run out the previous day and if the new one 's meat was not salted within a day or two , there would be no pork or bacon for at least a month .
4 In 1688 – 9 a number of radical Whigs took the line that James 's flight had brought about a dissolution of the kingship and a suspension of the constitution , and therefore the people ( through their representatives in the Convention ) were free to restructure the constitution as they thought fit .
5 The other girl 's voice had taken on a steely edge .
6 George 's voice had taken on a harsh inflection .
7 Sarah 's voice had taken on the tone of an interrogation .
8 Moreover , Lanrezac 's army had put up a stiff resistance at Guise , and the British ( the unexpected joker in the pack , for German calculations had contemptuously dismissed their strength and effectiveness ) had inflicted great slaughter as they turned on their tormentors at Mons , Le Cateau , Néry and Villers-Cottérêts .
9 The Ulster public was critical and unhappy at the way they had been passive and ineffective as Heath 's government had set up a ‘ power sharing ’ administration complete with Irish republican ministers and had arranged a semicondominium with the Irish Republic in the Sunningdale Agreement and Council of Ireland scheme .
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