Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he played gently enough not to make the hammers of Stein 's pianos bounce up and hit the strings again . |
| 2 | Environmentalist 's killers break out |
| 3 | And I said he finally managed to pluck the guts up to tell me last , plucked the courage up to tell me last night and Andy 's eyes light up and I just said erm and I said |
| 4 | Not all Sue 's students go on to start up their own enterprise , but that does n't worry her . |
| 5 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 6 | RICHARD 's eyes roll up in his head and he passes out . |
| 7 | England 's champs set out on the glory trail with a warning to keep their cool |
| 8 | Laverne 's arms whirl around like a kid 's mimicking a helicopter on a summer 's day . |
| 9 | I 've sent orders for the gates to be watched while Simon 's men round up the rest . ’ |
| 10 | As reported in the October issue of Wood News , TESL 's operations revolve around a system called MERCAD [ Measurements Electronically Recorded Computer Automated Draughting ] . |
| 11 | Doe 's forces put up stiffer resistance to the rebel groupings than was expected , and were able to hold the area of Monrovia around the heavily fortified executive mansion . |
| 12 | Alison 's favours break down the boundaries of class ; any man who can lay her in his bed is like a lord , as Absolon says as he anticipates her kiss : Kolve 's interpretation of potentially religious images within the tale is fine as far as it goes , and can justly be quoted against the allegorizers , but there is at least one aspect of the tale that refers irreducibly to a moral frame within which the tale is set : recurrent swearing of oaths by " " Seint Thomas of Kent " " , which reminds us of the framing narrative with its realistic and morally symbolic journey towards Becket 's shrine in Canterbury and the judgement of the tale-telling game just as much as John 's calling upon St Frideswide locates the tale effectively within Oxford . |
| 13 | I could almost hear Werewolf 's eyebrows go up as I counted out the cash . |
| 14 | Scott 's guitar scratches around in search of funkiness on ‘ Lose That Girl ’ while Rory 's drums shuffle off on several fruitless guests for ‘ F**I 's G**d ’ . |
| 15 | Scott 's guitar scratches around in search of funkiness on ‘ Lose That Girl ’ while Rory 's drums shuffle off on several fruitless guests for ‘ F**I 's G**d ’ . |
| 16 | Warnie paid the cash deposit of £300 , and raised a mortgage of £500 , Minto 's trustees put up a mortgage of £1,500 and Jack raised a mortgage of £1,000 . |
| 17 | LLNL 's samples contain up to 15 ppm of carbon tetrachloride , TCE , perchlorethylene and chloroform , as in the groundwater . |
| 18 | Many of Stenhouse 's objections arise out of other people 's oversimplifications , and it is of course true that we know very little of what actually goes on as a result of our work with students . |
| 19 | He is set to tackle Mr Lamont 's criticisms head on and reject his claim that policies are presented for 36 hours of good publicity . |
| 20 | He is set to tackle Mr Lamont 's criticisms head on and reject his claim that policies are presented for 36 hours of good publicity . |
| 21 | But there was no fairy-tale ending as Bob Dwyer 's men set about party-pooping in serious fashion when the experienced half-back combination of Nick Farr-Jones and Michael Lynagh began to click , each scoring a try . |
| 22 | Well the Jehovah 's Witnesses come in last week before I come off work , must have been Thursday , they said you have n't seen window cleaner lately have you ? |
| 23 | The irrelevant parts are those in which Hoccleve 's obsessions crop up . |
| 24 | While Graeme Souness 's men take on Middlesbrough in an attempt to recover from their midweek European exit , Barnes will spend his 29th birthday bidding to resurrect his personal fortunes at the club 's training ground . |
| 25 | Buttoning up his fly ( Sutcliffe 's trousers date back to that era , and look it ) he retreats to the washbasins on the other side of the room . |
| 26 | How simply Jacob 's hands cross over to convey God 's blessing to the younger son . |
| 27 | Britain 's kids speak out ! |
| 28 | Suddenly Goldie 's eyes light up . |
| 29 | By the end of the 1980s , easterners were watching the West 's economies accelerate out of sight . |
| 30 | Albert 's philosophies crop up in the White House 's cancer policy paper , which is to be as a blueprint for everything from pesticides to pills . |