Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 2 | It often involves the modern mind 's entering into old concepts for which there is no modern equivalent . |
| 3 | Here are some guidelines , derived from the New Testament 's teaching on these matters ( cf. |
| 4 | ‘ Car 's coming in half an hour , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Testily she said : ‘ The car 's going in five minutes . ’ |
| 6 | The light 's flashing on this screen you know , |
| 7 | Economic problems also damaged the administration 's standing with conservative Republicans . |
| 8 | Teachers provide the greatest encouragement for children to communicate in writing when they respond more to the content of what is written than to such errors , and when they share a child 's writing with other children . |
| 9 | This stands in marked contrast to the emphasis on parental responsibility in recent child-care law developments , although it must be acknowledged that in extending parental rights in education the government has been keen to stress the duty of parents to involve themselves in their child 's schooling in various ( often ‘ consumerist ’ ) ways . |
| 10 | It would be important to check on this girl 's spelling in other ways as well . |
| 11 | The gift is the largest since the gallery 's founding in 1832 . |
| 12 | I do n't know an anybody 's in this group 's partaking in this ? |
| 13 | A noted figure on the publishing scene , he was the first chairman of the Association of American Publishers , serving a two-year term following the group 's founding in 1970 . |
| 14 | A long queue of customers greeted the shop 's opening on 4 May 1970 . |
| 15 | All that weight of water 's coming through all the time . |
| 16 | Accountants inevitably greeted the court 's finding with some disquiet . |
| 17 | It helps me relax after a hard day 's rapping about controversial political and social issues . |
| 18 | 4–3 The new tenant at the farms of Brahunisary and Tyndrum , Roderick Brown , was the recipient of a complimentary day 's ploughing by 18 teams . |
| 19 | Dover Castle will be the starting point for the first day 's racing on 6 July over a 125-mile course through Folkestone , Canterbury , Ashford and Tunbridge Wells to Brighton . |
| 20 | I used to love Roddy Frame 's playing in Aztec Camera . |
| 21 | firstly the only application of his associated with er improvements to er passenger transport in the structure er , in hoping that the Authority 's running into Central London and in terms of er traffic generation which is clearly going to be a , a significant issue in , in consideration of this particular enquiry . |
| 22 | The dog 's going round that way . |
| 23 | And if a chair 's sloping like that you could of |
| 24 | Coun Stenson did not attend a governor 's meeting for 12 months . |
| 25 | To support the student 's learning in this area , the tutor should consider ways in which mathematical skills and content can be presented to the student in order to encourage the formulation of ideas . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , gravity 's pulling on them-slowing them down . |
| 27 | The Government 's thinking on this issue is confused . |
| 28 | However , for 14 years this government 's thinking on fiscal policy has concentrated on short-term remedies . |
| 29 | And more and more said Marx , society 's splitting into these two groups . |
| 30 | They were prohibited in the Metropolis by the series of Building Acts which had improved the capital 's housing since 1667 , notably that of 1774 . |