Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show itself dealt undisguisedly with Lucille Ball 's troubled marriage to Cuban band leader Desi Arnez , the birth of their son , the twin tugs of showbiz and domesticity , and so on ; just as Sean 's Show overtly takes on the hero 's difficulties with women , and his tendency towards depression and paranoia . |
| 2 | He switched on the Zodiac 's headlights , for the shadows . |
| 3 | Alton 's rugby men were outnumbered , restricted , sin-binned and generally given a rough ride when a hand-picked side took on the club 's ladies team in a fun game on Sunday morning . |
| 4 | Cos we came in and Chrissy , instead of switching on the children 's programmes put his computer on so we did n't see it . |
| 5 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 6 | Troops quickly dispersed the students , but further unrest was reported the following day , prompting the authorities to close down the country 's universities and colleges . |
| 7 | The protesters broke down the parliament 's doors and said they would occupy it until the leaders of all three ethnic communities resigned . |
| 8 | Blood welled , flowed freely down the corpse 's sides . |
| 9 | And when Reeve tapped towards mid-off and ran , sailor 's roll turned into effective hustle as Watson gathered and threw down the keeper 's stumps with Gooch still well short . |
| 10 | You can rely on these keen-eyed bowmen to whittle down the enemy 's numbers as they advance . |
| 11 | The catering assistants started to wind down the evening 's proceedings , and Katrina and one of the other girls ( Bridget ) came out from around the back to tidy up the customer area . |
| 12 | She stood aside as Ace floated into the cabin , and without any preliminary checks she started to shut down the spacesuit 's systems . |
| 13 | So always fill in the day 's workings before you leave for home , taking special care that there are no holes or pitfalls you have created into which livestock can stray and suffer injury . |
| 14 | Gorbachev announced at the RSFSR Supreme Soviet on Aug. 23 that he and Yeltsin had each agreed to take over the other 's functions if an emergency so demanded . |
| 15 | Look over the candidate 's notes . |
| 16 | But if the Earl was detached from them , in Berwick Castle , and Fraser took over the Warden 's duties here , then the proportion would probably increase . |
| 17 | Three days later , on a fine April morning , Sir Simon Fraser rode off back to Holywell Haugh , to take over the Warden 's duties , as Deputy . |
| 18 | The EC would then consider taking over the WEU 's functions in 1996-97 ( i.e. before the WEU 's 50-year Brussels Treaty expired in 1998 ) . |
| 19 | Is there control over the purchaser 's actions ? |
| 20 | In such a situation the purchaser will normally be willing to take over the vendor 's liabilities up to a specified maximum or as specifically itemised in completion accounts . |
| 21 | RIGHT Although head collars which attach over the dog 's nostrils are now widely-available in place of a neck collar and leash , they are not recommended for short-faced breeds such as the bulldog , as shown here . |
| 22 | Legally , if only one of the partners has the money to pay off the company 's debts , then she must do so . |
| 23 | A skeleton staff of eight is finishing off the company 's orders . |
| 24 | Here in the front cloth she is seen at her embroidery , sadly waiting and earning her living to pay off the Rake 's debts . |
| 25 | The pictures that curators tried for decades to coax or pry off the Barnes 's walls will also travel to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and then to the Museum of Western Art in Tokyo . |
| 26 | He says this because it seems pointless for the sun to have done all this work , and then let war spoil everything and killing off the sun 's children . |
| 27 | The difference was exacerbated by Parliament 's refusal to pay off the army 's arrears of pay . |
| 28 | He gently lowered Cranston on to the bed , pulled off the coroner 's boots and made his companion as comfortable as possible . |
| 29 | But nowadays there 's more elbow room and less cigar smoke — and the shrewder restaurateurs have set out to replace their lost business regulars by constructing lunch menus that are brief , light and designed to show off the chef 's talents rather than the customer 's credit rating ; it 's hard to believe that anyone can produce a good meal so cheaply . |
| 30 | I took a trip into Albany an ’ looked up the architect 's plans of the house an' its estate . |