Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] ' [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It meant that my mother 's workload greatly increased , but with my uncles ' help we struggled on . |
| 2 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
| 3 | Once a Bill has passed its Commons ' stage it goes up to the House of Lords where the same process is repeated , except that the Committee stage is taken on the floor of the House . |
| 4 | If it can retain its customers ' faith it could achieve the leadership position it covets by 1997 . |
| 5 | As long as you live in your parents ' home you are a child , their child , and they will treat you as such . |
| 6 | Mrs Goreng was able to make it sound quite romantic — good copy for the female journo from the up-market us ladies ' magazine-so we heard about the Spice and Sandalwood Trades , the black Portuguese , and then an interracial love story which Mrs Goreng had invented herself . |