Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] has [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more . |
| 2 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 3 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 4 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 5 | * The ( US ) Chemical Manufacturer 's Association has published a survey claiming that the release of toxic pollutants to the environment from the chemical industry was reduced by 35 per cent in the four-year period ending 1990 . |
| 6 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department has produced a consultation paper proposing a new estate in land — commonhold — following a preliminary study of " condominium' legislation in other parts of the world . |
| 7 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 8 | Is it ‘ My Dad 's Thribbler Has Got A Puncture ’ ? |
| 9 | Unfortunately Ken 's recovery has suffered a setback after seeing us still in the title race with only fourteen-sixteenths of the season remaining . |
| 10 | An airman 's wife has told a jury how her husband told her he started a fire which caused nineteen million pounds damage to an airbase . |
| 11 | The contemporary women 's movement has constructed a list of seven demands : |
| 12 | But he did not : the man 's life has become a fable of great imagination and his prowess as a winemaker has assumed almost mythical proportions . |
| 13 | ‘ Mark 's ma has got a livery stable — she 's a real leathery Jane . |
| 14 | The school 's headmaster has made a complaint about the use of the photograph to Mr Bates ' campaign office . |
| 15 | Some successful initiatives have happened — for example , Guy 's Hospital has employed a nurse practitioner at night to supervise giving intravenous drugs and filter calls to junior staff . |
| 16 | Also locked , but the ship 's company has volunteered a day 's work tomorrow , so some , including the ship 's doctor , must see inside tonight . |
| 17 | The man who is every parent 's nightmare has become a dad himself , with a new-born son to keep him as whacky as ever . |