Example sentences of "[adj] ['s] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A court should now consider the effect of the provocation on ‘ a person having the power of self-control to be expected of an ordinary person of the sex and age of the accused , but in other respects sharing such of the accused 's characteristics as they think would affect the gravity of the provocation to him ’ . |
| 2 | She had thought he would be happy about Mrs Gotobed 's message because she would have been , but she had been wrong about that . |
| 3 | Trevor Magee had passed the small entryway to Long 's Court when he noticed it . |
| 4 | Archbishop Aethelberht is said not to have spared evil kings , and there must be a possibility that he was soon as disenchanted with Aethelred 's faction as he had been with Alhred 's . |
| 5 | Well , I suppose it 's better than nothing , but I 'd be grateful for a month or two 's notice when you do decide to go . |
| 6 | James Seely 's experiences while he was in the army may appear out of place in the context of this book . |