Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state . |
| 2 | Durance 's indignation gave him power , it was as though he actually grew in physical stature . |
| 3 | Cos one day we found him and he was choking to death practically and erm er Tam , Linda 's husband turned him upside down and smacked his back , he 'd eaten a one pound coin . |
| 4 | What is more , de Man argues , metaphor overcomes the opposition between inner repose and outer action because Marcel 's imagination gives him access to the outside world ; of a kind that allows him to possess it " much more effectively than if he had actually been present in an outside world that he could then have only known by bits and pieces " ( 1979 : 60 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ What in God 's name do ye wantta be looking at tings like that for ? |
| 6 | Desmond 's wife brought them tea and a sponge cake that was still warm . |
| 7 | Muhammad has broken his leg and ca n't work ? — — Muhammad 's shaikh takes him food . ’ |
| 8 | Bank 's snub gives me identity crisis |
| 9 | Nevertheless , they say , Windows NT will be fundamental in Microsoft 's strategy to move it business from desktop personal computers — MS-DOS already runs on about 90% of the 140m machines worldwide — to mid-range and high-end systems . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , they say , Windows NT will be fundamental in Microsoft 's strategy to move it business from desktop personal computers — MS-DOS already runs on about 90% of the 140 million PC machines worldwide — to mid-range and high-end systems . |
| 11 | I 'm sure you do n't want to hear about Mark 's cousin getting done for selling crack mixed with concrete , or the Forest Of Dean whizzkid who tried to get the band 's mate to give them heroin so they 'd all become addicted so he could make a profit out of them , or Zac sticking his finger up a chicken 's arse , do you ? |
| 12 | Swansea 's victory kept them top of the First Division and was another display worthy of any defending champions . |
| 13 | John likes to keep the horses separate so that they do n't kick each other , but Hopscotch often jumps into Milton 's paddock to keep him company ; and sometimes if the weather is bad , one of the children 's ponies is turned out with him , otherwise Milton , who is a bit of a softy , will hang around by the gate in the hope that someone will take pity on him and take him back to his warm stable . |
| 14 | They were only prevented from boarding the plane when the aircraft 's captain refused them permission . |
| 15 | And I can tell when somebody 's bin moving me stuff around . ’ |
| 16 | On that afternoon of Tuesday , 31 August , McQueen 's daughter served them tea ; she wore a print linen dress , and had been to Inverness for a year 's education in reading , writing , sewing , knotting , lace- and pastry-making . |
| 17 | ‘ Would the Earl of Huntingdon 's daughter have me heal a sick wolf ? ’ |
| 18 | In July 1263 Fitzjohn 's local influence was acknowledged and increased when Montfort 's government made him keeper of the peace in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire ; in December , with the other Montfortians , he accepted Louis IX 's offer to arbitrate on their quarrel with the king . |
| 19 | Charles of France might shrink from fomenting a direct war , but he would be glad to use every oblique weapon against the upstart king who had deposed his son-in-law , and sent his little widowed daughter back in clumsy state , but without her dowry , which had been fed of necessity into King Henry 's treasury to keep it solvent during his first year of kingship . |
| 20 | Betty Heycock 's autobiography Put It Down To Experience is a classic tale of one of Britain 's pioneering women aviators . |
| 21 | The smell of a dead coral is not easily forgotten — if your leather coral 's odour makes you fee nauseous it 's safe to assume that it has departed this life , and to throw it out . |
| 22 | The couple were determined their honeymoon should be too , despite equal determination on behalf of the world 's press to keep them company . |
| 23 | Your brother 's death left you heiress to Tracy Castle , and I intend taking it for the King . ’ |
| 24 | Changez 's brother sent him money , too , which was unusual , because it should have been the other way round as Changez made his way in the affluent West , but I was sure celebrations in India at Changez 's departure were still taking place . |
| 25 | And then , thank God , your father 's summons sent me south . ’ |