Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As reported in the October issue of Wood News , TESL 's operations revolve around a system called MERCAD [ Measurements Electronically Recorded Computer Automated Draughting ] . |
| 2 | But that mother 's milk come back often . |
| 3 | There was a secret , suspect taste for girls of rather better background than oneself : hypergamy — marrying upward — a Fifties custom extensively explored in Osborne 's play Look Back In Anger . ’ |
| 4 | The tax 's defenders point out that only between a third and a half of church members pay the levy , and then only in proportion to their incomes . |
| 5 | Subject to the importance of the property assets as part of the business acquisition , it is advisable that the purchaser 's solicitors carry out a full investigation of title to establish that the purchaser will acquire the property assets free from any adverse encumbrances , obligations or restrictions . |
| 6 | True , we have seen the evil of fur coats ( those in Lynne Truss 's story bite back rather than coset the wearer ) , but we have yet to heed Helen Simpson 's caution that even New Men may well be beasts in gourmet cook 's clothing . |
| 7 | Princess of Wales 's sons drive off to Sandringham |
| 8 | and may your mother 's sons bow down to you . |
| 9 | The ASB 's proposals build on and develop those of the Accounting Standards Committee published as ED48 in 1990 . |
| 10 | Clock 's fingers whizz round to 1.45 . |
| 11 | She saw the prince 's chamberlain lean out and speak to his waiting page . |
| 12 | I have my mother 's cocktail dress on , whilst most people are dressed in leather and studs . |
| 13 | We both push and heave and the man 's shoulders scrape over the rim ; his arms drag up and over as Andy pushes , grunting , feet slipping on the old leaves and soil . |
| 14 | These replications of conventional psychology 's misogyny come about because feminism finds it difficult to articulate links between subjectivity and political change . |
| 15 | if you suffer from Mansellmania … you 're on the right channel tonight … we 've a competition coming up first news of Sunday 's grand prix in Mark Kiff 's action round up |
| 16 | Manville took a deep breath , to let the implications of Hayman 's words sink in . |
| 17 | The light falls on the back door of the Italian Embassy , and children 's voices pour out of an upstairs window . |
| 18 | So she let the woman 's boat pass by . |
| 19 | What additional monitoring does my right hon. Friend 's Department carry out to ensure that toxic emissions can not enter the food chain ? |
| 20 | He jabbed the Englishman twice in the ribs again , watched him fight to control the pain , watched his victim 's eyes drift back into focus . |
| 21 | RICHARD 's eyes roll up in his head and he passes out . |
| 22 | Beyond that point , unless her interest is awakened , Mrs Thatcher 's eyes glaze over . |
| 23 | ‘ I watched him much of the time , Inspector , ’ said Auguste , an anxious sheepdog watching Alfred 's eyes glaze over . |
| 24 | Vaughan 's eyes light up when she describes the bright greens of this flan against the buttery yellow of the sauce . |
| 25 | Suddenly Goldie 's eyes light up . |
| 26 | And I said he finally managed to pluck the guts up to tell me last , plucked the courage up to tell me last night and Andy 's eyes light up and I just said erm and I said |
| 27 | If we heard the Colonel 's car draw up , of course I had to drop my bricks and run . |
| 28 | It was n't long before she heard Douglas 's car draw up on the short gravel drive . |
| 29 | His eyes were back on the road and he did not see Madeleine 's mouth turn down in a pout . |
| 30 | Isabel could have bitten her tongue when she saw one corner of fitzAlan 's mouth kick up . |