Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After preparing for our morning 's activities we got on the coach and were taken to the suitable sites arranged for rock climbing and cycling . |
| 2 | Upon his death Charles 's eldest son assumed responsibility , and anxious evidently to enlarge the sphere of the firm 's activities he took an " option " or " take-note " from the Honourable John Pennington Bart. , Lord Muncaster , which issued liberty to " … search for and get lead and Copper Ores & any other ores within the Manor of Little Langdale & Tilberthwaite ( save and except in certain parcel of Ground under a lease to Wilson & which Ground & Premises are to be reserved for the sole use & purpose of the said Wilson … |
| 3 | Artistically they felt out of their depth here , but when it came to spending the town 's money they knew a lot more than Herr Busacher did . |
| 4 | With Lissa 's money I picked up his tabs . |
| 5 | She says er no then she afterwards I says well do n't forget to get Kath 's money she said tell her I 'll phone her and I 'll be up about half past six , I 'll have to go and draw me money . |
| 6 | D. A. A friend of mine was posted to a beat in Allerton and one summer 's afternoon he saw a young lad — about fifteen years of age — getting into a car . |
| 7 | He so detested the word ‘ Enterprise ’ , with its ring of commerce , that at Poindexter 's trial he scolded the prosecutor every time he used it . |
| 8 | During the farmer 's eulogy I had been distractedly scratching the cow 's tail and had soiled my hand in the process . |
| 9 | However , when he grabbed Richard Baxter 's cloak it came away , and before he could do any more harm a couple of by-standers restrained him and hauled him off to the magistrates . |
| 10 | When I heard about Elsie 's foot I decided that I wanted to write about her to explore how she coped with her disability . |
| 11 | The Sergeant was a meaty slab of a man , of fifty years ' service , ruddy-faced as though surfeited with a Marine 's haemoglobin-plus blood ; and through one Lyman 's earlobe he wore an alien foetus pendant . |
| 12 | He seems to have taught for a while , but already politics called him , and with his father 's support he took ship for France . |
| 13 | With the trunk 's support I slid down to kneeling , leaning head and left shoulder against the bark . |
| 14 | In Whessoe 's case they offered shareholders one new share for every four already held at a price of 185p to raise funds to purchase the Californian-based Varec . |
| 15 | But in Fiona 's case he stressed : ‘ Our understanding is that any relationship that might have taken place did not com-mence until he was not a client of the service . |
| 16 | After hearing of Mr Hindmarch 's case he had contacted the firm , which agreed to send on the units . |
| 17 | In Genet 's case it produced among other things Prisoner of Love , a record of the time he spent with the Black Panthers 's in the US and Palestinian soldiers in Jordan and Lebanon . |
| 18 | While this view could equally have generated stoicism , in Mum 's case it led to self-pity . |
| 19 | In Earth 's case it developed a secondary atmosphere through organic evolution , say supporters of the Gaian hypothesis . |
| 20 | In Mrs Clark 's case she did beat the tender , but the police appealed the decision . |
| 21 | In recent weeks the cartel had used seven kidnapped journalists and a diplomat 's sister it claimed to be holding as bargaining counters to force the government into negotiations . |
| 22 | During those early years of the colony 's existence we received very few of the homeless children who had grown accustomed to street wandering . |
| 23 | Blote himself made use of the BKR scheme for twenty-five years ; during the last phase of the scheme 's existence he sold works to the value of DFl.150,000 to the government , most of which he kept at home . |
| 24 | Henreid had made a film in Austria five years earlier on the same subject , and in Basil Bartlett 's play he brought considerable urbanity to the role of Prince Louis of Battenberg , opposite Leo Genn 's Prince of Wales . |
| 25 | Oh hell 's bells we got |
| 26 | As she came within a block of Marlin 's building she remembered something she 'd utterly put out of her head for that six-year span . |
| 27 | As this act was not independent of the defendant 's negligence it did not break the chain of causation and the defendants were liable for the sailor 's death . |
| 28 | Later , Hazel had said that there was nothing for it but to cross the open pasture and under Silver 's direction they had crossed it , with Dandelion running ahead to reconnoitre . |
| 29 | Under Edward 's direction she shared his reading : some Shelley , some Byron , Milton , more Wordsworth , Ruskin , Carlyle and always , Jefferies . |
| 30 | The trap had been beautifully set , and he 'd only avoided it because thanks to Bartocci 's machinations he 'd already fallen into another one . |