Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing in politics is forever and Mrs Thatcher 's luck could run out . |
| 2 | An expert 's liability may run in both contract and tort , which may help a claimant where the limitation period is longer in tort : see Preston and Newsom 's Limitation of Actions , 4th edn edited by John Weeks ( Longman , 1989 ) at 3.4 . |
| 3 | The waiting is over — now Ruggia 's mind must concentrate on further adapting his hectic 250 riding technique to the 500 |
| 4 | In the event , Mary of Guise 's optimism would turn out to be misplaced , Knox 's stricture correct . |
| 5 | McLauchlane , however , had one significant qualification : he had married a granddaughter of the elder Smollett , and the town of Dumbarton 's vote might hang on his success . |
| 6 | 1 am , Bath : As in Richmond and Barnes , there are few Labour voters left in Bath for the Liberal Democrats to squeeze and Chris Patten , clinging to a majority of only 1,412 , hopes Labour 's vote will go up at the Liberal Democrats ' expense . |
| 7 | ‘ This year 's pantomime should bring in the family audience , which is what we always aim for at pantomime time . ’ |
| 8 | Lennie Lawrence 's side could feature in up to five live televised games at least one on a Monday night and one on a Sunday . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , it would be fairer and franker of the SNBTS to mention in its information leaflets and at its collection centres that a donor 's blood might end up in the private sector . |
| 10 | But in future , although the capital can come from both sides , you can expect that Aegon 's stake will move up to 100 per cent . ’ |
| 11 | The growing discrepancy is starting to make the villagers despair that any of the city 's wealth will trickle down to them . |
| 12 | Often he has to interpret a badly worded question , with no hope of redress if his guess as to the examiner 's meaning should turn out to be wrong . |
| 13 | After a private conference with Mother Superior , the Sisters announced that there would be a special rosary every morning , during the time set aside for special intentions , and that the whole Junior School would pray together that Martha and Tilda 's Daddy should come back to them . |
| 14 | The boy 's body will take on the squarer , more muscular appearance of manhood . |
| 15 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 16 | Although today these vital units of the railway system are being phased out by the modern fully automated control centres , there still remains the lonely , isolated signal box , often miles from anywhere , that on a dark winter 's night can conjure up strange happenings and instil fear even in the heart of the most level-headed signalman . |
| 17 | Jim Baxter 's name would crop up more often than Ronnie Biggs . |
| 18 | Lewis , 31 , went on : ‘ Linford 's name will go down in history as a well-deserved Olympic title-holder . |
| 19 | DARLINGTON Show made a loss of £11,000 last year but organisers have vowed this year 's event will go on . |
| 20 | ‘ And you thought your girl 's father might put up the money ? ’ |
| 21 | Her employers had been in general the aspiring mothers of young daughters of tradesmen — the honest working citizens whom her father would have disparagingly stigmatised as ‘ cits ’ — hoping that a little of Theda 's quality might rub off on their uncouth girls to help them to an advantageous marriage . |
| 22 | Progression has been one of the keystones of the TVEI extension , and there are few secondary schools which are not committed to the concept that a student 's learning should grow out of , and build upon , what has been learned before . |
| 23 | But even that conciliatory gesture never really convinced me that Don Bradman 's signature could make up for that of Jack Hobbs . |
| 24 | London Underground 's Charter will set out tougher new standards and what it will do to compensate passengers should it fail to meet those standards . |
| 25 | Lightbody 's omission must go down as one of the biggest boobs the NIBA have made in recent years . |
| 26 | She said the princess 's helicopter would touch down only yards from the hospice building in Bury 's picturesque Hardwick Heath on July 27 . |
| 27 | EC traders estimate that this year 's harvest could shoot up to 166.8m tonnes — excluding the former East German sector . |
| 28 | Sometimes a woman knotted up with arthritis like a ship 's rope would throw up her gnarled hands and swear that her pain was gone . |
| 29 | Kevin 's swim could take up 15 hours , so survival is the name of the game . |
| 30 | Winners of this year 's competition will take over the education page for a day and pick up a £200 cash prize . |