Example sentences of "[noun] ' [noun sg] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
| 2 | The sun was still bright as we approached the Quigleys ' house but it did n't seem to have reached their road , which was the same as it ever was : dank and green and desperately quiet . |
| 3 | And er he just , he said he was coming to erm my Uncle Les ' funeral but he never turned up . |
| 4 | In fact , better finishing from the Den 's Park outfit would have increased Rangers ' embarrassment but they were let of the hook on a number of occasions , particularly by Dodds . |
| 5 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 6 | This was the long haired girls ' compromise but it became very common early 70s style for girls & for boys . |
| 7 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 8 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |