Example sentences of "'s [noun] were [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosa 's fingers were twisting the ends of her belt . |
| 2 | Some of Ted 's opponents were finding the Backdoor . |
| 3 | These Mirror 's pictures were to rock the world |
| 4 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 5 | Of course , David 's bodyguards were guarding the door and I went to see what they wanted and this guy , who said he was the night detective , announced that unless we emptied the room in five minutes , he was going to close the party down . |
| 6 | The chancellor 's duties were to oversee the issue of all curial correspondence . |
| 7 | At first Wolff 's duties were to manage the yard and provide engineering skills ; but later , through his links with the Jewish community in Britain and Hamburg , he was to bring a large amount of business to the yard . |
| 8 | The subdeacon 's duties were to prepare the bread and wine and the vessels for the mass and to chant the Epistle . |
| 9 | As part of the Pest Control High Flyers campaign , winners of quarter three 's incentive were given the chance to fly . |
| 10 | The terms of reference for Sir Douglas Black 's investigation were to examine the evidence concerning the alleged cluster of cancer cases in the village of Seascale , to consider the need for further research and to make recommendations . |
| 11 | During the first course Duke Humphrey 's guests were to contemplate the representation of a ‘ galaunt yonge man ’ standing on a cloud ( signifying the element ‘ air ’ ) at the beginning of spring ( associated with the sanguine humour ) . |
| 12 | When the Working Group 's names were announced the left-wing press accused Mr Baker and Mrs Rumbold of choosing political appointees to reflect the Prime Minister 's Conservative ideology . |
| 13 | When the skulls in the crypt of St Bride 's Church were disinterred the wisps of hair remaining on them were found to have turned bright orange . |
| 14 | Footsteps and the sound of a boy 's voice were approaching the hedge . |
| 15 | Martinho 's men were to form the nucleus of a Danuese battalion which would take the brunt of the war against FAKINTIL . |
| 16 | In their earnest and determined way , the promoters of women 's employment were calling the bluff of the skilled journeyman , but without appreciating the violence of feelings aroused by the threat not just of cheap labour but of cheap female labour . |
| 17 | Clare suddenly noticed that Elinor 's hands were gripping the bedclothes , betraying the emotion hidden by her quiet words . |
| 18 | Matthew and one of Bryant 's clerks were fiddling the invoices ; they swindled Jonathan out of more than eight hundred pounds and Jonathan found out . |
| 19 | Although the Crown Prosecution Service and Attorney General 's office were adopting the usual caution of lawyers yesterday , there can be no doubt that TODAY 's demand for the Courtney sentence to be re-examined has led to action . |
| 20 | But he says that when his grandfather and his grandfather 's brother were starting the Store and stayed late every night to do the office work , they used to hear sounds in the walls and they used to tell each other there were little Store people . |
| 21 | Iida 's remains were buried the next day . |