Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Seawitch rolled heavily Polly 's foot slipped on the wet deck and she stumbled backwards , pulling Nathan with her . |
| 2 | In the evenings I taught my son , Branwell , and my wife 's sister looked after the youngest child , Anne . |
| 3 | Flack 's skin glistened in the white , gritty light , his thin face tight with fatigue . |
| 4 | I am dying , Egypt , dying , her mind gabbled when Dotty Blundell 's brassière fell to the dusty floor . |
| 5 | Georgia 's parliament appealed to the United Nations on Thursday , saying : ‘ The events of recent days in Abkhazia confirm Russia is expanding the scope of its undeclared war against Georgia . ’ |
| 6 | Frankenstein 's monster stood outside the shattered door . |
| 7 | The buyer 's carrier went to the cold store with a delivery order . |
| 8 | The room started to fade , as Grant 's mind succumbed to the strong sedative the doctor had administered to him . |
| 9 | Jack 's glance fell on the tiny computer screen , which seemed to be going crazy — flashing up numbers , graphics and a kind of blue fuzz , each image speeding into the next . |
| 10 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 11 | The year 's programme began with the National Monuments Record of Scotland Jubilee Exhibition and continued with ‘ The Architect and the Carpenter ’ . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Tom Bull-Dwyer , his unhappy skipper and six-beige faced middle managers watched as Vita 's Girl ploughed into the three other boats . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Theda 's gaze ran over the shadowed building , dark but for a faint glimmer behind one or two of the myriad windows , dismay flooding her breast . |
| 16 | Grimma 's gaze travelled along the huge yellow neck . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Pinchbeck 's return coincided with the 10th anniversary of Magnus production and he welcomed the opportunity to take the asset through a critical phase of its field life second time around . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Mrs Goreng 's laugh tinkled round the shabby store . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Croatia : More than 11 per cent of Croatia 's population belonged to the Serbian minority , living mainly in Krajina , which remained economically underdeveloped and vulnerable to the influence of Milosevic and Serbian nationalists from the republic of Serbia . |
| 23 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 24 | Hampshire captured its first ever county title when its men 's team triumphed at the recent LTA Winter Indoor County Closed Championships at Telford . |
| 25 | Then the 40mph train made an unrehearsed diversion under a bridge and WHAM — Martin 's body slammed into the concrete parapet . |
| 26 | Taliesin laughed , and Fael-Inis said , ‘ Why did you accompany Fergus and Fribble ? ’ and Taliesin glanced involuntarily to where Fergus 's body lay on the velvet-covered couch beneath the window that looked out on to the forest . |
| 27 | Behind him , Paxton 's body lay amongst the frozen dancers and entertainers smiling down blankly as if welcoming him . |
| 28 | Two words , both of them not repeatable , and then the thud , as Callum 's body crunched against the far wall . |
| 29 | But first , someone had to be found to do the cajoling and inspiring , and Attlee 's eye alighted upon the martial figure of Lord Louis Mountbatten , then fresh from his victories in Burma . |
| 30 | 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 . |