Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions . |
| 2 | Some of us worried and went looking for him , then one of Alf Wood 's sons found him dead in the old pw hut , we think he died of a heart attack or so the doctor said . |
| 3 | Paul 's opponents found it easier to agree in synod on his unworthiness for office than to eject him from the episcopal residence . |
| 4 | Nick 's mum got her all the Barbie stuff . |
| 5 | While Nicholson 's experience made it easy for him to contemplate such preparations , the work of the Perkins at King David For indicated that it was unlikely that more than quart quantities of aniline could be prepared safely on the Kennington Road premises . |
| 6 | By 1935 the success of the children 's books made it possible for Ransome to buy a sea-going boat once again . |
| 7 | But Sharpe 's penetration made it possible . |
| 8 | DeVore 's eyes took it all in with great interest . |
| 9 | Another time , Wilma 's parents took us both to the Teatro Regio to see La Traviata , my first opera , and I had a new dress for the occasion . |
| 10 | Nicky 's parents found him impossible to look after : he was always picking fights , especially with smaller children ; he had a fight with his teacher at school and ran away from home five times in two years . |
| 11 | ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’ |
| 12 | Coy 's superior asked him later . |
| 13 | BEAUTIFUL , flexible sounds , delicately turned phrases , and the sort of energy which skips rather than strides — the King 's Consort at the Queen 's Hall reminded us that civilisation is not entirely destroyed . |
| 14 | Powerful actors , especially , are able to make a difference to things ; for example King Louis XV 's lasciviousness made him indulgent toward Madame de Pompa-dour , who was therefore able to protect the position of the incompetent General Soubise in spite of the fact that his army was unreliable in defending France 's military interests . |
| 15 | My choice of topic for this evening 's lecture gave me some cause for hesitation . |
| 16 | Time 's tangles took us different ways apart , |
| 17 | As rapists never go around with dogs , Lydia 's imagination spared her one of its flights . |
| 18 | Although Harry 's conscience kept him awake that night until the early hours , the temptation of a day alone with Madeleine dulled his feeling of guilt about borrowing Dunbar 's car to further his own pursuit of the girl they both loved . |
| 19 | Of course now they 're recalling the fact that Tweed 's wife left him several years ago for a Greek shipping magnate , that he has n't had a lot to do with women since … ’ |
| 20 | Laughing and joking , they left their bags there and made their way down to the tap room where the landlord 's wife served them huge fish pies , the crust , golden and crisp , hiding a savoury sauce which dulled the flavour of the rancid fish . |
| 21 | The latter 's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere . |
| 22 | When his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides appeared , Boswell 's reflections caused him some trouble , including threats of actual bodily harm from people he mentioned . |
| 23 | Even so , the Controller 's anger made him incautious . |
| 24 | Then she took him into a shoe shop — and Pip 's father sold her some new shoes for Anthony . |
| 25 | Barclay 's father gave him 9,000 Scottish merks ( £500 ) to start on a mercantile career . |
| 26 | I ca n't remember Nick 's exact words but Ray 's comment inspired him more than upset him . |
| 27 | Leonard 's aunt saw it first . |
| 28 | The three Service Chiefs welcomed his preference for evolution rather than continuing and abrasive revolution , but the doubts and suspicions that they had about Mountbatten 's impartiality made it difficult for him to rebuild complete confidence between his staff at the Ministry of Defence and the Service ministries . |
| 29 | Lisabeth 's vegetarianism made it difficult to take her into pubs at lunch-time . |
| 30 | ‘ Like him , I could n't see the putt drop in but the gallery 's roar said it all . ’ |