Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he finally paused for breath , I said , ‘ Hold on a moment ’ and explained that , although obviously nobody wants to spend more than they have to on anything , in my case it was a matter of principle , because I wanted my husband 's funeral to be a personal affair in which he would be ministered to by his loved-ones , not strangers . |
| 2 | I have another matter to talk with them actually about my wife 's liability to class to contributions . |
| 3 | Had interview with housing official who stated that I had to transfer the tenancy from my wife 's name to mine and then something would be done within a week . |
| 4 | You will note , however , from my colleague 's memo to me that before DEF can arrive at a price they would wish to meet management . |
| 5 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 6 | ‘ My lord 's letter to me was headed simply : Upper Chamber , The Garden Tower . |
| 7 | The warden was a wonderful guy and he mentioned my daughter 's name to these girls and one of them knew her ! |
| 8 | The bride 's mother bitterly deplored ‘ my daughter 's offence to God and disobedience to me ’ in marrying so far beneath her , but Lady Crowe seems loyally to have shared her husband 's sharp vicissitudes of fortune . |
| 9 | It would please me , Joan , when the time comes and my daughter 's marriage to Prince Richard is completed , to find you a suitable husband . |
| 10 | Imagine my Ma 's response to : ‘ She 's taken my best smile , ’ or , ‘ Give me back my hug round the legs . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ People with her attitude burnt my grandmother 's home to the ground in ‘ 22 , ’ Maggie declared . |
| 12 | I once took all eleven of my Dad 's angelfish to school in a jam-jar and poured them into the pond to keep the goldfish company . |
| 13 | ‘ I have considered all the facts that you describe relating to the circumstances and they are substantially as in my officer 's report to me about the death . |
| 14 | A long relationship with the local police began two weeks after my Mother 's marriage to George Fisher ( no Cinderella story is complete without a wicked step-parent . ) |
| 15 | I knew men and women who wept bitter tears as they confronted how they had given their love , their time , their heart 's energy to a cause which they now saw as false . |
| 16 | Today though Her Majesty 's ambassador to Moscow visited Maxat the horse and announced that a home has been found for him at last in the Queen 's household Cavalry . |
| 17 | May I associate myself , my right hon. and hon. Friends and our party with the sentiments expressed by the Prime Minister on the 40th anniversary of Her Majesty 's accession to the throne ? |
| 18 | The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household reported Her Majesty 's Answer to the Address , as follows : |
| 19 | As part of our management we advised parents to avoid , when possible , their child 's exposure to respiratory infections . |
| 20 | In practice , however , the dividing line has been somewhat blurred ; the owners of a smaller company often give personal guarantees to its bankers , and a parent company will give , if not a formal guarantee , then a ‘ comfort letter ’ relating to its subsidiary 's indebtedness to banks and others . |
| 21 | Its creator 's reaction to it had merely added to my fright . |
| 22 | After the non-fictional Sportsman 's Sketches , Fathers and Children is Turgenev 's best book , and the best thing in it , apart perhaps from the bereaved old couple at the end , is the sensitive give-and-take marriage of its hero 's idealism to his scepticism , a questing , generous idealism and an undestroying scepticism . |
| 23 | Yet if they are to fulfil their responsibility to monitor their population 's access to health care the authorities must have all of this information . |
| 24 | When Adam Peters and Ben Watkins changed their band 's name to Sunsonic they maintained this virtue to release a couple of refined , ambient , floating singles . |
| 25 | She understood her husband 's loyalty to his sister . |
| 26 | Her husband 's reaction to Lowell 's bit on the side had been subdued . |
| 27 | But in any case , bare titles give us no indication of the strength of their author 's commitment to them . |
| 28 | Interestingly , it was only with this loss that many husbands realised the importance of their spouse 's wage to the family . |
| 29 | IN the glass-enclosed rear section of the elegantly furnished 1892 Caledonian Railway observation car , the guests on the Royal Scotsman gathered to sip pre-dinner cocktails , nibble fresh foie gras canapÉs , and engage in polite rapport about their day 's visit to Achnacarry Castle , the stately home of Sir Donald and Lady Cameron of Lochiel . |
| 30 | To the English , no settlement could be envisaged without consideration of their king 's claim to the crown of France , a claim which might be compensated for by the grant of other territories in France , to be held in full sovereignty . |