Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFHQ 's response came at 1857 hrs that afternoon [ KP 228 ] : " Agree all Yugoslav nationals in Eighth Army Area to be returned unless involves use of force , otherwise evacuation to Distone ( Italy ) in accordance with FX 77268 of 17 May . " |
| 2 | The British government 's response came in 1909 : the Morley-Minto reforms , named after the Secretary of State and the viceroy of the day . |
| 3 | Benjamin 's income came from any one or more of a series of sources , as we have seen : at times he earned wages as a silversmith or a clerk ; he also dabbled in the retail trade as a general salesman , and picked up some spare cash from his boarding houses . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the effect of television viewing on public awareness of Thatcher 's activities rose from 12 per cent to 20 per cent ( Table 7.8 ) . |
| 5 | One by one , from about 5 April , their supplies depleted , badly damaged , often without masts and rigging , and with exhausted crews , Alberoni 's armada crept into any ports its captains could find . |
| 6 | The PvdA 's support fell to 24.8 per cent , more than 5 percentage points below its 1986 result . |
| 7 | And a month later , Reagan 's rating fell to 52 per cent . |
| 8 | Locke 's contemporaries marvelled at this human creation just as they marvelled at nature as seen through the microscope . |
| 9 | The car 's driver escaped with minor injuries . |
| 10 | Tamar smiled within herself to witness the effect her father 's presence had on those in the kitchen . |
| 11 | It had not taken her long to discover the team 's skills ran to more than mere mountaineering . |
| 12 | Thus Cripps 's patience snapped in one encounter with a top American official who , he complained , had wasted his time with a " schoolboy lecture " on the complicated problems which afflicted Europe . |
| 13 | The remaining members of Fagin 's gang died in similar ways in other distant countries , all except Charley Bates , who turned his back on his past life of crime and lived honestly , as a farmer . |
| 14 | Albert Piggott 's cottage stood at seven o'clock . |
| 15 | The cuts were not made evenly ; Salford , for example , suffered a 44 per cent cut and Hull 's grant fell by 31 per cent . |
| 16 | When the Cassell Fund 's grant ended in 1930 , the Cambridge Board and the LEA jointly financed the scheme with Baker becoming a Board tutor for the development of rural adult education in the county . |
| 17 | The redhead 's hair sparkled with tiny ice crystals . |
| 18 | Maggie 's heart lurched for many reasons . |
| 19 | The tone was silkily challenging , and Maria 's heart jumped in startled recognition before instinctive denial asserted itself . |
| 20 | The baby gurgled and smiled and Ruth 's heart tore in two . |
| 21 | Despite the government 's efforts , the People 's Will succeeded in 1881 in assassinating the Tsar himself . |
| 22 | Wayne 's antennae went onto visible alert when he saw the two of them emerging from the Hall . |
| 23 | Gallup 's interviewers asked in 1983 and 1987 , and again on Friday and Saturday : How long ago did you decide which way you would finally vote ? |
| 24 | ’ Despite her anxiety , Melissa 's lips twitched at this description of Rodney Shergold , ‘ and one she called ‘ Eddie ’ . |
| 25 | Interestingly , a later internal annual review of Birmingham 's Partnership concurred with some of these findings and also identified other positive outcomes ( Birmingham City Council , 1987a ) . |
| 26 | Moreover the number of universities in Joseph 's dominions had by 1790 been reduced to a mere three ( Vienna , Louvain and Pest ) and these had been forced to concentrate on such useful subjects as medicine and law and virtually to end the teaching of luxury ones such as foreign languages . |
| 27 | Joseph 's words fell on stony ground . |
| 28 | Marcus 's words came from deep in his chest , booming like the notes of an organ . |
| 29 | Roxborough 's words clattered against one another . |
| 30 | I ca n't remember which of David 's songs led into that — I shudder to think — but there was another lovely one about a little coat — sell me a coat because I feel cold . |