Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues I propose to take the vote one five eight as Mick 's indication is being opposed by the C E C. All those in favour of one five eight against that 's lost . |
| 2 | Micky Stewart , who is retiring as England 's team manager , will remain with the TCCB as ‘ development of excellence officer ’ . |
| 3 | A little firm just down the road had developed QDOS — Quick and Dirty Operating System — which looked just right for IBM 's PC. $100,000 later , Microsoft had bought the rights to QDOS , renamed it MS-DOS — Microsoft Disk Operating System , no frivolous acronyms for Big Blue , please — and licensed it to IBM . |
| 4 | Philip did n't think there was much normal about Barry 's Mum , the way she thought Barry was perfect . |
| 5 | How is it possible for Christ 's death to affect me ? |
| 6 | His increased cash resources , and increasing commercial activity in the Frankish heartlands , made it possible for Charles 's household officers to organise the provisioning of the court by buying from local markets . |
| 7 | Alternatively , it may be possible for Newco 's loan capital obligations to be novated to Target , so that Target becomes directly responsible for financing interest payments . |
| 8 | Rumours have always been rife about Macari 's interest in turf accountancy . |
| 9 | I was upset about Sheila 's illness , upset and angry . |
| 10 | Mrs Brissett 's very upset about Harriet 's death . |
| 11 | ‘ At least he maintains our myth about the mission , ’ said Ludens to Gildas , ‘ and he 's bloody right about Marcus 's courage . ’ |
| 12 | Had she been right about Luke 's involvement with him too ? |
| 13 | Feel sorry for Saffron 's son . |
| 14 | Selkirk promised to leave his customary token force and Corbett , grateful for Selkirk 's intervention and assistance on the French galley , began to thank the rather taciturn Scottish knight . |
| 15 | She clung to her husband 's arm , but seemed grateful for Clare 's company . |
| 16 | ‘ That is so , ’ Sims said , smiling — apparently grateful for S-S 's help . |
| 17 | Loretta was grateful for Bridget 's assumption that she would have a part in whatever action they decided upon ; she was a more reliable friend than Tracey , she thought to herself . |
| 18 | Since there was never anything at all gratuitously coarse or vulgar about Karajan 's music-making , it is true that he never attempted to graft on to a score like Verdi 's Falstaff additional jokes or belly-laughs . |
| 19 | Laboratory measurements , although more objective , are no more specific for Crohn 's disease than the clinical indices . |
| 20 | Vic sighs , hits the Off button on the clock , switches on his bedside lamp ( its dimmer control turned low for Marjorie 's sake ) , gets out of bed and paddles through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom , making sure the connecting door is closed before he turns on the light inside . |
| 21 | ‘ You know you asked if there was anything I thought odd about Micky 's death … ’ |
| 22 | IXI Ltd says it will be supplying Motif 1.2 for USL 's Unix SVR4.2 desktop when volume shipments of the operating system begin . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’ |
| 24 | Andrew was feeling sick , but he had to stay strong for Virginia 's sake . |
| 25 | Tony Gordon 's Kiwis , who will now find it difficult to go through the remainder of their tour undefeated , are not as tight and efficient a force as Graham Lowe 's team of four years ago , but with a virtual Test side out , should have been far too strong for Murphy 's collection of reserves . |
| 26 | LOTUS STARTS WORK ON NEW 1–2-3 FOR DEC 'S ALPHA … |
| 27 | Lotus Development Corp says it has started development on the next generation Unix version of Lotus 1–2-3 for DEC 's Alpha workstations . |
| 28 | ‘ What was that about Boris 's Law ? ’ he joked . |
| 29 | We were like that about women 's lib . |
| 30 | For example , certain materials such as denim and corduroy are considered by orthodox Muslims as unpleasant western stuff , unsuitable for women 's clothing . |