Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Both themes were present in Napoleon 's invasion for he hoped to strike a blow against Britain 's control of India by cutting the short overland route across the isthmus from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea , and also to develop new trading opportunities for France in the eastern Mediterranean . |
2 | Beyond the window , sunshine slanted through the trees to fall across Frankie 's face as he enjoyed his morning feast . |
3 | We knew Lord Spencer 's father and we like Charles . |
4 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
5 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |
6 | I shouted , desperately trying to turn my horse 's head so I could flee like the wind . |
7 | But he could glimpse that the man was no longer standing but walking in a small circle , keeping level with the horse 's shoulder as he galloped . |
8 | A horse 's degree of willingness , cooperation in learning new things , agreeableness in doing what we ask of it , are most important traits in a horse 's temperament if we wish to enjoy riding it ; yet it is an aspect of the horse that is more overlooked than any other when someone is thinking of buying or breeding a horse . |
9 | The ears usually only flatten onto the back of the horse 's neck when it is all too late , and the horse is already lunging at its opponent with its teeth bared ! |
10 | The flies lay their eggs mostly on the hairs of the horse 's legs , where they hatch and enter the horse 's mouth when it scratches itself . |
11 | Labour and plant disruption is likely to have the greatest impact on the contractor 's cost but it is invariably the most difficult to substantiate and evaluate . |
12 | In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield . |
13 | Later on , when I was living in Cardiff , I would often miss the last bus from my girlfriend 's house and she used to lend me her bicycle . |
14 | She ran , jumped on her girlfriend 's motorbike and they roared off to the house in the middle of the ricefields where they were staying , the bike slewing around in panic . |
15 | And I felt worse , as I stumbled away , remembering Gharr 's laughter when I 'd struck him . |
16 | That morning I was so ecstatic about my triumph in seducing the dog-owner 's daughter that I 'd completely forgotten about Jamila 's big decision . |
17 | Newcomen came up against Savery 's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines . |
18 | My daughter , who was six years old at the time , was delighted to be sleeping in Mummy 's bed and I was delighted to have her with me . |
19 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
20 | The projected documentary on the exiled Stuarts was Verrall 's idea and he had commissioned William to do the spade-work . |
21 | Jess — her blunt nose coming in contact with Samson 's hand as she coiled round — bit him . |
22 | He said on the old shillings I want Neil 's bed but it were n't that cos he 's bit of a fun to , you know , you know |
23 | ‘ Old ? ’ said Sally-Anne a little indignantly , to Dr Neil 's amusement as he watched the two women . |
24 | I , I mean , I at the moment I 'm not doing anything about Neil 's training because we 've got coming and it 's it 's too soon to start stirring up the bud again . |
25 | Secord and Hakim told Secord 's lawyer that they thought they were doing ‘ the Lord 's work ’ . |
26 | It was with much sadness that we received news from Molly of the sudden death of Peggy Secord 's husband while they were in Italy . |
27 | Management consultants , P A , were commissioned to review the options for Warren Spring 's future and it was evident from the technical synergies and the fact that we had appropriate accommodation at Culham/Harwell — coupled with our ‘ enthusiastic response ’ — that the merger with AEA was the best way forward for all concerned . |
28 | It looks as though Heseltine secured Walker 's appointment before he left the DoE , in order to have his own man in place . |
29 | Follow round the Bear 's curve and you will come to Arcturus in Boo¨tes , which is a lovely light orange and is actually the brightest star in the northern hemisphere of the sky . |
30 | The negotiations with the gallery were apparently severely threatened , however , by Lord Cholmondeley 's idea that he might withdraw the Holbein from Christie 's and , indeed , from the market for a year . |