Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He leaned forward and spat between Ebert 's feet . |
| 2 | Most people in Britain have heard about Manchester 's crumbling sewers . |
| 3 | She wondered idly if what she had heard about Lionel 's proclivities or tastes in sexual matters were his brother 's also ? |
| 4 | She had heard about Edouard 's attachment to him . |
| 5 | Perhaps even more significant for the future , Anselm also told Lanfranc that he had heard about Dunstan 's rule of life for monks : would Lanfranc please send it to him ? |
| 6 | But nor does it matter ; ‘ our club ’ will have been seething with talk for days , and ‘ I ’ am bound to have heard about Stavrogin 's escapade . |
| 7 | The last time Iraq threatened Kuwait , in 1966 , the Brits flew 6000 troops into the principality where they sweated quietly for a few summer weeks until , the point having been taken , no more was heard about Iraq 's 19th province . |
| 8 | Caddie Ian Wright landed his job with Seve Ballesteros mainly because the Spanish maestro had heard about Wright 's yardage books — at the time Wright was compiling a yardage book for almost every championship course in Europe — and his unerring accuracy and detail in planning out the route from tee to green . |
| 9 | Harbury had heard about Tavett 's typewriter from one of his police contacts and did not share Rain 's inhibitions about discussing it . |
| 10 | DURING PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE WEEK 1990 , SECOND YEAR PUPILS OF PEEBLES HIGH SCHOOL HEARD ABOUT AMNESTY 'S LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN FROM THEIR LOCAL AMNESTY GROUP . |
| 11 | He had heard about Louise 's move and the thought of losing Constance had affected him more than he had imagined possible . |
| 12 | There he boldly repeated a story he had heard about Henry 's relations with the sister of Anne Boleyn [ q.v. ] and her mother . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , so you 've heard about Cabochon 's brother then , have you ? ’ |
| 14 | Since these armies could not break through , the crucial sphere of activity became the gap that had developed between Kluck 's and Bulow 's armies , and which the Germans had no reserves to fill . |
| 15 | Alexei guessed that he was being invited to assume that the Khanate , like the gifts which he had received during Nugai 's reign , had come from Burun 's hands . |
| 16 | He had fantasized about her death almost as much as he had fantasized about Elinor 's . |
| 17 | If she had had her Moondream mask she might have seen it more , she might have distinguished between Harry 's presence in her childhood life , and her own … |
| 18 | As a great many parishes had invested in new pulpits and lecterns during the fifteenth century , few were erected during Elizabeth 's reign , but following the issuing in 1604 of new ecclesiastical canons which ordered that ‘ a comely and decent pulpit ’ should be kept in every church , the reign of James I saw a notable upsurge in pulpit-building . |
| 19 | One of the world 's richest colonies of blue coral , situated off Japan 's southern island of Ishigaki has won a reprieve from development and , marine biologists believe , destruction . |
| 20 | West Brom 's directors were concerned that the appearance of Gould , who was sacked as Albion 's manager in May , could provoke crowd trouble . |
| 21 | Albion 's directors were concerned that the appearance of Gould , who was sacked as Albion 's manager in May , could provoke crowd trouble . |
| 22 | Chapman , incensed that anyone could sully the good name of Huddersfield , arranged for Islip 's transfer to Birmingham , at an undisclosed fee said to be ‘ staggering ’ . |
| 23 | He explained that by 1996 all trades and industry would be covered by NVQ 's and government funding for training would only be given for NVQ 's . |
| 24 | One reason given for Cruise 's divorce from his first wife , 39-year-old actress Mimi Rogers , in January 1990 , was their inability to have children . |
| 25 | I ‘ ave found my spiritual ‘ ome etc etc ’ no official reason has been given for Eric 's sudden departure although rumours are rife that Eric was discovered sodomising Sir Matt Busby 's pet labrador ‘ flossy ’ in the showers at Old Trafford . |
| 26 | But curiously , as he perused once more the reasons given for Murphy 's rejection , they hardly seemed to be the tall boy 's fault . |
| 27 | The city quickly acquired its first Christian bishop , a man now revered as Milan 's patron saint , St Ambrose ( Sant 'Ambrogio ) . |
| 28 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
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