Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee 's activities culminated in the summoning of a People 's Convention on 12 January 1941 . |
| 2 | Curwen 's estates lay on the west Cumberland coalfield , and he took a particular interest in the collieries inherited from his father and his second wife , as well as others which he purchased and leased in the area . |
| 3 | All Claudia 's defences rose to the attack . |
| 4 | When Carco called to see the paintings Zborowski ran to buy a candle , stuck it into the neck of a bottle , then showed Carco into a narrow , unfurnished room where a stack of Modigliani 's canvases stood in the corner . |
| 5 | As Valence obeyed , the paraplegic 's fingers clawed at the air , as though inscribing some complex , arcane pattern . |
| 6 | Caroline 's fingers froze over the typewriter keys . |
| 7 | Terhune 's fingers flew over the keyboard , pulling a close-range weapons menu out of the memory . |
| 8 | Edward 's fingers drummed on the edge of the desk . |
| 9 | Bernice 's fingers drummed on the plastic of the dashboard . |
| 10 | Jezrael 's fingers crisped into the grit beneath her ; even her face worked with the adrenalin that surged up , so much did she want to shove him away and make him save himself . |
| 11 | Instead of trying to explain the extinction and replacement of species in terms of observable causes , Lyell 's opponents looked to the patterns revealed in the fossil record to explain the history of life on earth . |
| 12 | There was a sudden crash , and then a woman 's screams rang through the night . |
| 13 | Becky 's eyes fell on the picture of the Virgin Mary and Child the moment Charlie placed the little painting on the bed . |
| 14 | Billy 's eyes stared at the wad in disbelief . |
| 15 | Women giggled while men in the audience whistled and shouted — orange-showered down for the Gallery — wags shouted encouragement as Hubert 's eyes bulged under the strain of it all . |
| 16 | ‘ Get Hammond in here , ’ he said , noting the way his assistant 's eyes went to the boy . |
| 17 | Schmidt 's eyes went to the sound . |
| 18 | Peter 's eyes lingered on the line that swept from her head down her neck to her shoulder and along her extended arm . |
| 19 | So he calls the heart a wild beast liable to impulsive leaps out of control , a situation archetypally illustrated in the story of the Fall when Eve 's eyes leapt to the apple and her heart followed and so she leapt from Paradise to the pains of mortality and took all men with her . |
| 20 | Auguste 's eyes misted at the sound and sight of the lovely Araminta , Multhrop 's eighteen-year-old daughter , rustling down the staircase in a delightful froufrou of petticoats , her large blue eyes fixed on her father , but well aware of every male in sight . |
| 21 | Katherine 's eyes flew to the Princesse . |
| 22 | Rachel 's eyes flashed at the tone of his voice , particularly the way he said ‘ beloved ’ with a sting , a subtle edge of sarcasm and a look of hard distaste on his face . |
| 23 | Patsy 's eyes shone at the excitement . |
| 24 | The road-sweeper 's eyes shone at the wonder of it all , and then he went on . |
| 25 | Marie 's eyes shone with the light of inspiration , as if she had suddenly found a purpose in life . |
| 26 | Annie 's legs drummed on the bed ; her body was leaping and bucking , like a big fish barrelling upstream . |
| 27 | Hattie 's parents came to the concert tonight cos Hattie 's in the choir |
| 28 | José 's parents died in the influenza epidemic just after the First World War . |
| 29 | The region 's breweries competed for the prize of Best Bitter . |
| 30 | In the third tribe , the women looked after all the children together and the men 's lives revolved around the women who did all the trading and decision-making , the boys would join the men who were very artistic and gentle , when they were of age , while the girls were encouraged to be competitive and strong . |