Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little sheep 's blood , perhaps … chicken , even fish would do . |
| 2 | Eventually Gurder 's voice said : ‘ All right . |
| 3 | He analyses most effectively Wellington 's perception of the interaction in a given situation between politics , diplomacy and military expediency ; but seldom as a piece of military history does it lift the spirit and stir the heart . |
| 4 | Altogether Jim 's career with Crystal Palace presents an amazing catalogue of magnificent service . |
| 5 | Eventually Scott 's voice came through faintly on the line . |
| 6 | Altogether Höll 's weight and authority are as impressive as any pianist 's in this work . |
| 7 | Or rather Edward 's weakness was for married women . |
| 8 | Nonetheless a William Sacheville , presumably Richard 's son , then lived at Mothecombe and his daughter Elizabeth married Andrew Stretchley . |
| 9 | Perhaps Haydn 's Menuetto Allegretto is n't gemütlich after all just diabolically spicy . |
| 10 | So Taylor 's explanation for pulling out Carlton Palmer only loaded the ammunition for critics of both manager and player . |
| 11 | So Taylor 's announcement that he 's to put his tactical paperwork in the office shredder and hand over the complete accounts ledger to Gascoigne is the most encouraging statement for English football since the surgeon passed Gazza 's knee A1 . |
| 12 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |
| 13 | So Prince 's impulse is always to dissolve differences and borders . |
| 14 | Rafael Caseiro , hitherto Van-Dúnem 's deputy , was given the Planning Portfolio . |
| 15 | So Marcus 's explanation of nineteenth-century pornography , for instance , is in terms of this conflict between the overpowering demands of the sexual drive and a social fabric disrupted by massive change . |
| 16 | The letter was of course addressed to Mrs Linkworth , and naturally Linkworth 's wife opened it . |
| 17 | So cyclist 's son to become big wheel in football ? |
| 18 | When I arrived at Palace five and a half years ago it was n't only Ian 's gold tooth and charisma that sparkled on the training field . |
| 19 | On 27 and 31 July he made two final appeals to Leopold , who had responded curtly to his son 's enthusiastic descriptions of his recent musical success ; and on 4 August the lovers were married at St Stephen 's Cathedral , with only Constanze 's mother , her younger sister , her guardian , and two other witnesses present . |
| 20 | She fumbled in her bag for her credit card but suddenly Fernando 's hand was on her wrist and she was being urged out of the restaurant . |
| 21 | Only Ben 's stand right up . |
| 22 | At the other extreme we have something like Plato 's system , where the people are given no role at all and everything is left to individual experts , individual administrators , so Plato 's system is at one everything is left to the individuals , participatory democracy |
| 23 | So Honey 's owner decided to get a helper to hold a bucket of oats and alfalfa chaff for Honey to eat while she herself mounted her , and this was done in such a relaxed and calm fashion that Honey also remained calm and went on eating . |
| 24 | The horses were quiet , three of them lying down , only Gary 's horse on its feet . |
| 25 | Looking back over this year 's first round matches , obviously Germany 's defeat in Rio by Brazil , amid what can only be described as typical South American frenzy and excitement , was the biggest shock and one which might even lead to repercussions not only by the ITF about crowd behaviour in some parts of the world but also from within the disgruntled German camp . |
| 26 | Especially Ward 's wife . |
| 27 | Bit by bit the Colonel had pieced together Tubby 's story . |
| 28 | Secondly ( Chapter 3 ) , I shall examine not only Nizan 's resignation from the party and his subsequent death , but also his dramatic afterlife , a moment of political , ideological and cultural reproduction in which the complexity of his existence is obliterated beneath politically advantageous stereotypes : traitor , police spy , rebel , anti-hero . |
| 29 | He was obviously Garry 's brother-in-law and he had mistaken her for Dana . |
| 30 | It was only Shortreed 's family connections with the Elliots which guaranteed a friendly reception . |