Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been said that no normal English speaker would ever pronounce all the consonants between the last two words of the following : ‘ George the Sixth 's throne ’ Though this is not impossible to pronounce , something like … is more likely . |
| 2 | Lady Elizabeth Campbell , sixteen , gentle , interested in poetry , cuddly , was discussing the matter of her marriage , which had just been broken to her at dinner by her father , Archibald Campbell , Earl of Argyll , King James the Fourth 's Lieutenant of the Isles , chief of Clan Diarmaid ; and her teeth , which were indeed passable , were much in evidence . |
| 3 | Richard Duke of Gloucester , the late king 's soldierly youngest brother , was at his castle of Middleham in Yorkshire when he received news of Edward the Fourth 's death . |
| 4 | Elizabeth Mowbray , faced with the conflicts and uncertainties that had beleaguered the court during the weeks following Edward the Fourth 's death , had made plans to return with Anne and Joan to Framlingham until the tumult had died down . |
| 5 | Sir Kenelm Digby , philosopher-scientist , soldier-diplomat , ardent royalist , lifelong friend and confidant of Charles the First 's widow , Queen Henrietta Maria , was born in 1603 and died in 1664 . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've always found Henry the Third 's reign confusing . |
| 7 | He , as well as Anne and Joan herself , was of Plantagenet stock , being a descendant of Edward the Third 's son Lionel , through the female line . |
| 8 | It is simple to drop unsuccessful ideas because the computer retains the last 's shape and specific designs made on it . |
| 9 | This machine gives the computer digital information about the last 's freeform surface . |
| 10 | The 11th 's badge had the Chinese dragon in outline with a two-part scroll below inscribed : BORDER REGIMENT . |
| 11 | After a split-second 's hesitation Nathan sighed . |