Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the RSPCA who brought today 's case told a different story . |
| 2 | I also reported that the Duchess of York 's sister had a new job . |
| 3 | In these four passages Nietzsche 's sister saw a prime piece of evidence for her brother 's " real " intention to write a big book about Greece rather than a short one about tragedy . |
| 4 | Dennis 's shield sported a reclining deer . |
| 5 | The importance of gas to Saudi Arabia 's industrialisation prompted a major search for non-associated gas in the early eighties . |
| 6 | Haig was saved from dismissal by defenders on the Unionist side , but Robertson 's removal caused a small stir , and Unionists voted in force to save Lloyd George 's face in the Maurice debate . |
| 7 | The interregnum produced by the King 's removal facilitated a sudden and dramatic resurgence of the Whigs . |
| 8 | Howe 's resignation played a vital part ; but she had survived that of the Chancellor , Lawson , a year before . |
| 9 | Kinsey 's verdict turned a potential Lions win into an All Blacks victory . |
| 10 | Daniel 's Mum issued a disregarded injunction to sit down , do . |
| 11 | On the day that North Korea 's parliament ratified a nuclear safeguard agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency , the defector said the Pyongyang government was trying to buy time until it could produce its own nuclear weapons . |
| 12 | Even in physique they were very much alike , both being thick in the shoulders and almost of the same colouring , except that Joe 's hair showed a black sheen whereas Harry 's was a dark brown , thick matt . |
| 13 | Caroline 's heart gave a dangerous lurch . |
| 14 | Evelyn 's heart gave a great clout . |
| 15 | Gilly 's heart gave a little spurt and flopped over like a dud rocket . |
| 16 | Mr Utterson 's heart gave a little jump of fear , but he bravely followed the servant into the laboratory to the bottom of the stairs . |
| 17 | Polly 's heart gave a horrible lurch . |
| 18 | Lucy 's heart gave a wild jump and started racing as she listened . |
| 19 | Gina 's heart skipped a little beat as he answered the question she was too proud to ask . |
| 20 | The news of Edberg 's defeat caused a major stir , as you can imagine , among the British camp in Bayonne , with Tony Pickard , Britain 's Davis Cup captain , as well as Edberg 's coach , saying ‘ When I was told , I was shattered ’ . |
| 21 | Alone in the dining room — for Twomey had stopped softly jangling spoons and forks and fitting plates each to each , and gone , quietly as his shadow — Nicandra 's mind became a perfect blank . |
| 22 | Sean Walsh 's mind did a slow careful calculation , then he came to a decision . |
| 23 | Labour Coun George Davies , a qualified swimming instructor , said Woodchurch 's closure deprived a huge area of swimming facilities . |
| 24 | Although the village was tiny , her father 's practice included a large area of the surrounding countryside as well as parts of Chollerton , the small country town three miles inland where he delivered her , in the Cottage Hospital , on 14 April 1929 . |
| 25 | JAILED boxer Mike Tyson 's ex-wife knocked a foulmouthed casanova out cold . |
| 26 | Kvallposten claimed that immediately after the search Mr Talb 's ex-wife telephoned a Palestinian family in Uppsala and ordered them to ‘ get rid of the clothing ’ . |
| 27 | The grypesh were clawing over their own dead to get through the gate whilst swords and staves and Ratagan 's axe took a fearful toll . |
| 28 | By its restraint , George Case 's programme provided a long-overdue and eloquent epitaph . |
| 29 | Pascoe 's recognition stirred a faint memory in Thomas , too . |
| 30 | As is evident from the extent of objections in the educational journals and in the summary of responses ( Haviland , 1988 ) to the National Curriculum consultation document ( DES , 1987 ) , the writer 's research uncovered a substantial resistance to this ideological shift from the teaching profession . |