Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
2 | On the handling of the union 's finances , Wilson 's enemies attacked him with equal vituperation . |
3 | It has now been decided to write to Rangers asking for their views on statements attributed to the three men since Ferguson 's club dropped him for disciplinary reasons , after which it came to light that Murray had spoken to United 's manager/chairman , Jim Mclean , about buying the Scotland internationalist . |
4 | Wally Smott 's mediocrity raised him above many of the managers who guided the club over the years , but Athletico reserved a bottom six position from 1951 to 1955 and Ken Mentle 's dream of League football became a nightmare . |
5 | I say advantage because if you were to close your eyes while playing , it would be impossible to say which guitar the Carlton 's neck reminded you of most . |
6 | The grounding Mr Morrison received at James Dowling 's feet stood him in good stead . |
7 | Blair 's job took him to troutless Humberside , but after two years , good fortune posted him back to Aberdeenshire . |
8 | Although they had decided that it was a drill motor , Bernice 's imagination turned it into all sorts of monsters . |
9 | Her resistance to Generalissimo Franco 's Nationalists endowed her with legendary status . |
10 | Wales had believed they were playing with the malevolent elements in the second-half , Armstrong 's kick disabused them of that notion . |
11 | Houghton 's wife reported him to naval security for being in possession of large sums of cash . |
12 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
13 | The Mayan peasants worked the plantations as debt slaves , until Mexico 's revolution transformed them into collective farmers . |
14 | As SCRAM 's magazine put it in 1978 : |
15 | Edberg 's victory lifted him over American Jim Courier to the top of the world rankings . |
16 | Prost 's victory lifted him to 47 points at the head of the drivers ' championship while Brazilian Ayrton Senna , the McLaren driver who was forced to retire after running second until the closing laps , remains second in the title race with 42 points . |
17 | To his delight , Davis 's secretary informed him in clipped tones that : ‘ Mr Davis has been called out urgently and will not be back in the office until Friday . ’ |
18 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
19 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
20 | Our first day 's walk took us along stony tracks , through forests of birch and pine and into a narrow valley . |
21 | Rob 's hand covered hers with comforting warmth . |
22 | After a parliamentary investigation 's report named him on 3 February , Grenoble 's chief prosecutor called off an anti-Mafia investigation , saying the release of the report had wasted months of work by alerting Pagano that he was under suspicion . |
23 | Mr Christopher 's trip took him to six Arab countries , Jordan , Egypt , Syria , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait and Lebanon , and Israel . |
24 | Fortunately , Mike 's mother took them as further manifestation of her confused mental state . |
25 | The farm was her prison until her inheritance from her father 's estate freed her in three years ' time . |
26 | Jenny 's boyfriend left her with that attitude , and this made her even more determined to keep her baby . |