Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] and [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a lot of effort she finally managed to close the left-hand door and bolt it into place , then pushed the arm against the dead man 's chest and forced the other door over , sliding the remains of a file through two loops where the handles had once been to keep it shut . |
| 2 | It was hand woven of sheep 's wool and dyed the same deep indigo colour as her mask . |
| 3 | When all five victims were stabbed or shot to death , Susan Atkins dipped a towel in Sharon Tate 's blood and daubed the single word ‘ Pig ’ on the living-room door . |
| 4 | Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium . |
| 5 | Douglas was glad to acknowledge Miller 's help and told the Royal Society that he had received some coconuts ‘ germinated in this country by the industrious Mr. Miller , by whose care and skill they were brought to this perfection ; and besides he very freely communicated to me for the good of the publick his own methods in management in raising them which I here desire may be read in his words . ’ |
| 6 | Me and my mother stayed the night at Seve 's place and watched the Open on television . |
| 7 | O'Keefe and Nadel implanted recording electrodes into the rat 's hippocampus and studied the electrical activity of hippocampal cells during the learning of such spatial mazes . |
| 8 | Then he picked up Darmid 's sword and met the next grypesh with a savage thrust that disembowelled it . |
| 9 | I looked up at Granny 's picture and saw the black crepe paper had slipped again — but then it always did when the door was slammed . |
| 10 | Elaborately carved vases , figures , and smaller versions of the great jade mountains found in Ch'ing palaces further contributed to a man 's standing and enhanced the aesthetic ambience of the higher reaches of Chinese administration . |
| 11 | Sigarup passed a lukal , and Kalchu slung it over the ram 's back and tied the two sets of stings , one across the chest and the other round the hind legs and under the tail . |
| 12 | With Albert he planned the royal children 's education and systematized the royal household . |
| 13 | She went to the French General 's stirrup and held the pathetic bouquet up to the grim-faced man . |
| 14 | To his surprise , she stopped when she reached Mark 's chair and took the vacant seat beside him , nodding casually in his direction and flashing a devastating smile as she carefully arranged herself on display . |
| 15 | It was nearly two in the afternoon when , having watched the changing of the Guard at the Amalienborg Palace , admired the copper spire of the old Stock Exchange formed by the twisted tails of four dragons , gazed in appreciation at the magnificent Gefion 's Fountain and paid the customary respects to the statue of the Little Mermaid at the entrance to the harbour , she caught a bus back to the canal district . |
| 16 | In 1831 the Sultan 's Egyptian vassal , Mehemet Ali , launched an assault on Syria which challenged Constantinople 's authority and endangered the strong position which Russia had acquired on her southern flank as a result of the Treaty of Adrianople . |
| 17 | Dependent on the pipeline through Turkey for its oil exports , Iraq complied with its big neighbour 's wish and dropped the Kurdish deal . |
| 18 | John Brown looked over the wall at his neighbour 's invention and did the same . |
| 19 | in Steele cited Hale 's rationale and upheld the marital exemption without query or question . |
| 20 | Dorcas gently grabbed Sacco 's ear and pulled the young nome towards him . |
| 21 | He touched Doyle 's shoulder and saw the two gaping wounds , then noticed the third in the chest , above the heart . |
| 22 | Indians and seringueiros alike had become the virtual slaves of the rubber barons and their descendants , who suppresed the indigenous people 's culture and kept the imported labourers in debt bondage . |
| 23 | Gingerly , Jack took his stepfather 's wrist and felt the light fluttering of his pulse . |
| 24 | It does relate , however , that Tawell retained Sara Hart 's services after his wife 's death and rewarded the young lady with a second child . |
| 25 | When darkness had fallen , Bi ā and Sa kar climbed the ladder to the upper roof of Kalchu 's house and brought the two copper kettledrums out of the shrine at the back . |
| 26 | After a polo match at Cirencester Charles caught Diana 's arm and suppressed the flirtatious giggle on her lips with an ardent kiss . |