Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow this surprised me — not the word sod ( I 'd learned most of my swear-words at Addy 's knee ) but the word silly . |
| 2 | Perk up at thought of dear Tom snatching hour to gaze into my eyes over Ploughman 's Lunch at The Trout . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't take my eyes off people 's footwear . |
| 4 | There 's no real hurry , it 's not till 11.30 ) chatting brightly to hide the hollow empty absence of anything at all in the way of feeling , and kept my eyes off Toby 's face which had a look on it as if someone were dragging his insides out . |
| 5 | To tell my beads at Agnes ' altar . |
| 6 | This is in keeping with my comments about Galileo 's construction of the origins of mechanics in the previous section . |
| 7 | Whatever , I sounded primly shocked at hearing my suspicions of Billingsley 's corruption confirmed . |
| 8 | My alterations to D'Oyly 's account in fact " amount to little more than replacing " kinsman of the bride , kinsman of the bridegroom " by " mother 's brother " or cross-cousin " as appropriate . |
| 9 | I felt and slid my arms under Harry 's and with my feet slipping on the muddy bottom yanked him upwards as fiercely as I could and found him still stuck and yanked again twice more with increasing desperation until finally whatever had been holding him released its grasp and he came shooting to the surface , only to begin falling sluggishly back again as a dead weight . |
| 10 | I put my arms round Joe 's neck and cried into his shirt . |
| 11 | My researches into Tristram 's time in Spain were geared to the effect it had on his poetry . |
| 12 | No doubt you were imagining what you take to be my imaginings about Gillian 's vestments : a sable swirl out of Boris Godounov , colours by Rimsky , light summer prints by the infant Rossini , gay accessories by Poulenc … |
| 13 | I would even take care not to wipe my boots on Roper 's pillow . |
| 14 | For a week or so I was even careful not to wipe my boots on Roper 's pillow . |
| 15 | My heart sank into my boots like Granny 's lumpy porridge as we made our way to Grindlewood for a day 's dusting and polishing . |
| 16 | I stand by my remarks concerning Tchaikovsky 's music being misused in this manner . ’ |
| 17 | That is the first lesson I teach my students at Bart 's . |
| 18 | I 'm killing all these plants by taking my students to Land 's End , I must do something about it . |
| 19 | With kindness and loyalty and sacrifice they gave me their support , as did all but two of my colleagues in Macmillan 's Cabinet . |
| 20 | As the most avaricious of the courtiers Damory was put under restraint in November 1317 by Aymer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke , and Bartholomew Badlesmere [ qq.v. ] , both of them moderates among Edward 's associates , who imposed on Damory a written undertaking not to profit excessively from the king 's generosity nor to permit others to do so . |
| 21 | He was intrigued by the trio : Gifford Tate , Edwin Garland and Papa Burger , their painting holidays and their week-ends in Burger 's boat . |
| 22 | The Sun reports : ‘ Girls in fight to be no 2 — Two leftie women bared their claws in Labour 's deputy leadership battle yesterday … |
| 23 | The latter two sources are of uncertain reliability , while the Encomiast 's suppression of Emma 's previous marriage to Æthelred makes one suspicious of his entire treatment of the affair , but it is inherently likely that negotiations did take place , for Cnut was shrewd enough to appreciate that gaining Emma 's assistance against her sons without Richard 's goodwill would have been to leave the job half done . |
| 24 | Harry glanced swiftly at Madeleine , but she had turned her back on him so he was unable to see her reactions to father 's comments . |
| 25 | All those interviews , with every journalist involved asking Moore , Ranaldo , Gordon and Shelley about their reactions to Nirvana 's success . |
| 26 | Two senior Senators gave their reactions to Saddam 's message . |
| 27 | But Edith understood her fellow women whether they bought their hats at Bobby 's or in Bond Street . |
| 28 | Claims about the beneficial effects of its products on children 's intelligence recently landed a company called Larkhall Natural Health in trouble . |
| 29 | She twined her fingers through Piers 's and tugged him towards the door . |
| 30 | Then she ran her fingers through Leo 's hair , challenging him with her look . |