Example sentences of "'s [noun] [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 | THE number of deaths last year on Britain 's roads fell to the lowest level since records began in 1926 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Frankenstein 's monster stood outside the shattered door . |
| 8 | The buyer 's carrier went to the cold store with a delivery order . |
| 9 | Rostov 's lips twitched at the new interpretation of his son 's name . |
| 10 | The room started to fade , as Grant 's mind succumbed to the strong sedative the doctor had administered to him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 13 | Müncheberg 's Staffel returned in the early evening as escorts to Italian bombers , engaging six Hurricanes over Luqa . |
| 14 | The year 's programme began with the National Monuments Record of Scotland Jubilee Exhibition and continued with ‘ The Architect and the Carpenter ’ . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Nuadu 's eyes went to the other captives and Fenella at once said , ‘ Yes , of course , all of you . |
| 17 | Ashley 's eyes went to the thin white scar which snaked from his temple to his jaw . |
| 18 | Neither Matthew nor the girl was aware that she had come into the room , and as Beth 's eyes went from the unique expression of wonder on the boy 's handsome face , to the girl 's slender form … the small budding breasts , and the young limbs that were already shaping into those of a young woman … a strange sense of revulsion shivered through her . |
| 19 | Jeopardy 's eyes slid to the left and he caught sight of Lucien . |
| 20 | Yuan 's eyes flickered at the vocative title ‘ sei-sen ’ — ‘ sword bearer ’ . |
| 21 | Doyle 's eyes flickered to the nearest table behind Rosie . |
| 22 | Whitlock 's eyes flickered to the two sombre-suited men standing apart from the others , Paul Brett and Jack Rogers . |
| 23 | The girl 's eyes swivelled to the left and stared at the locker-top where the officer had left his hat , then to the right , watching him . |
| 24 | Tom Bull-Dwyer , his unhappy skipper and six-beige faced middle managers watched as Vita 's Girl ploughed into the three other boats . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Before the union was formed the tariff against all outsiders was not prohibitive , and the home country 's imports came from the lowest cost source namely , the rest of the world . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Grimma 's gaze travelled along the huge yellow neck . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |