Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb base] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two things about the Chief Fire Officer 's review have largely escaped attention , the first that fire brigade vehicles will ( happily ) continue in the traditional red . |
| 2 | ‘ But for Christ 's sake do n't tell Snecky I said that , will you , ’ he said , suddenly afraid . |
| 3 | But for heaven 's sake do n't let fear drive you away from the stage . |
| 4 | The alarmed settlers immediately formed themselves into a blustering militia , and Lafayette F. Grover , Governor of Oregon , successfully petitioned the Secretary of the Interior to re-examine the situation , declaring : ‘ Joseph 's band do not desire Wallowa Valley for a reservation and for a home . |
| 5 | The 208 members of the International Air Transport Association which carry 96 per cent of the world 's traffic have collectively lost £10 billion of their domestic and international operations in three years . |
| 6 | the Alkan baton was then taken up by Ronald Smith , whose epic endeavours on Alkan 's behalf have latterly overshadowed Lewenthal 's . |
| 7 | So far two of 10 patients with a diagnosis of Crohn 's disease have already developed recurrence in the small intestine . |
| 8 | In contrast to the grammarian 's concern to represent language as a rule-governed system for expressing meanings , recent psychological studies of children 's language have increasingly addressed language as part of a larger social process broadly concerned with the regulation of joint activity . |