Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun] 's [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night , Barnet assistant manager Eddie Stein turned down Flashman 's offer of Fry 's job on a full-time basis , although he will do it temporarily until the New Year , when the offer might be made again . |
| 2 | She turned down Tracey 's offer of another drink , and agreed to speak to him again that evening . |
| 3 | By 1715 when the syndicate took over Savery 's part of the patent there were engines in use in Staffordshire , Warwickshire , Cornwall and Flintshire . |
| 4 | In the resulting reshuffle Klaus Kinkel became Foreign Minister , while Möllemann took over Genscher 's post of Vice-Chancellor in addition to the Economics portfolio , and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger ( FDP ) took over from Kinkel as Justice Minister . |
| 5 | From about 1563 until his death in 1590 they were held by Charles Fox , although he had to share the Signet with John Dudley ; and in 1590 Fox was succeeded by Fulke Greville , who had already taken over Dudley 's share of the Signet and had acquired reversions to the Clerkship of the Council in 1577 and the Secretaryship in 1583 . |
| 6 | Clinton fought off Bush 's campaign of dirty tricks to win the heart of the nation . |
| 7 | Destabilisation of the German economy could kill off Europe 's hope of getting out of the recession . |
| 8 | Whether or not Aldershot need to take up Swindon 's offer of hospitality depends on a high court hearing on Wednesday . |
| 9 | ‘ Farrar was the first real researcher into the history of teaching the deaf , and unearthed many previously unknown items of literature about the deaf and was largely responsible for building up Oxley 's Library of the Deaf ( this Library was largely fragmented after Oxley 's death , and many rare articles and books disappeared ) . |
| 10 | The man survived the war and told the tale and has lived a purposeful life ever since , seeking to carry on Kolbe 's work of reconciliation . |
| 11 | This is a weighty , passionate document mapping out China 's occupation of Tibet and human rights abuses therein . |
| 12 | EDS subsequently bought out Bedaux 's share of EDS-Bedaux and it became EDS Spain . |