Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Will you take me to see the badger 's sett soon ? ’ said Oliver , driving a hard bargain .
2 She really had made an effort to accept Rune 's invitation for the three of them to attend the firm 's party on the eve of their campaign presentation , but at the last moment her nerve had failed her .
3 Old Mahu , the gatekeeper who had slept on the night of Mertseger 's disappearance , had been dismissed without a pension , but that action had done nothing to mollify the general 's conscience .
4 The plaintiff vendors sought to set aside the expert 's decision and to have the court decide the matter , but the defendant purchasers said that the plaintiffs could not do that because the contract bound them to accept the expert 's decision .
5 The man representing the government washed his hands of responsibility , he could do nothing to meet the striker 's demands , he said , because Moscow would n't let him .
6 It will always be necessary for someone to attend the registrar 's office in person .
7 Perspicacious as ever I asked the council 's marketing director , John Howard , if he had then researched what consumers were looking for during the 60 seconds that were being removed from their lives for ever .
8 I commend the Government 's handling of the pay review body and their general approach of marrying this policy , which will lead to higher pay for teachers , with a determined critique of the elements of teachers ' performance which need to be discussed and openly and rigorously criticised .
9 Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name .
10 I mean the society 's did n't change all that much as far as the ordinary people were concerned .
11 Well , well his parents I mean the extreme Protestants are , are on the rise I mean in South America you know I mean the world 's largest Pentecostal Churches are in Lima and Peru and millions are now becoming erm born-again Christians in South America .
12 Yes I I do I think the bank 's big mistake is their obsession with security cover erm and I think they ought to develop some expertise in judgement of people 's management and entrepreneurial abilities .
13 ‘ Where were you when I laid the earth 's foundations ? … when all the stars of the morning were singing with joy and the sons of God in chorus were chanting praise ? ’
14 It may be useful to have someone to steady the dog 's muzzle .
15 Other boys poured over Biggles and Enid Blyton : I devoured The Fisherman 's Vade Mecum .
16 I met the Colonel 's wife while I was waiting for Martinho outside church one sunny afternoon .
17 I made no protest for the simplest of all reasons — that I shared the Chancellor 's judgment that it was necessary to raise taxes in the Budget . ’
18 I shared the skipper 's cabin immediately below the wheelhouse .
19 I slung the woodchuck 's rifle on my own shoulder .
20 I got the crow 's cage again and afterwards was sent inside to do the washing up in the Corporals ' eating area .
21 I got the colleague 's address and went to have a word with him .
22 When someone notices the Chancellor 's announcement of a tax cut that is a perception ; when they approve or disapprove , that is an attitude .
23 ‘ Oh Lili , ’ I said , and I grasped the table 's edge .
24 I found the film 's final frenzied violence detestable .
25 On a personal level , I have to say that I found the fellowship 's officials to be delightfully hospitable and to have a genuine love for God .
26 Giving up , I changed the tray 's label from ‘ Buttercrunch ’ to ‘ Toad ’ and left him to it .
27 I say the soldier 's words , when I 'm an Italian lord .
28 ( Well , I say the world 's press , but the fiercest opposition , by the end , was from Today , edited by the shrewd young Ulsterman David Montgomery . )
29 ‘ Has Lord Thing a my bob — I forget the animal 's name — refused him — or has Cruickshanks forgotten me ? ’
30 I suggest the King 's Fund would be well placed to undertake a monitoring exercise to evaluate the success of programmes of positive action to date .
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