Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more . |
| 2 | The man 's foot had broken a few spokes and the chain had come off , but there was no other damage . |
| 3 | The prince 's decision has drawn a hostile reaction from many conservation organisations , including the Countryside Commission , not least because of the unprecedented length of the licences . |
| 4 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 5 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 6 | To help acquire the market lead in environmental information management systems , for example , Carroll 's division has concluded a major joint venture agreement with Environmental Resources Ltd , Europe 's largest environmental consulting company , which has offices in six countries and 300 consultants . |
| 7 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 8 | Gerald 's mum 's got a deep fat fryer , let you borrow that first see how th , ah , what they 're like . |
| 9 | [ By July 1972 the People 's Park had become a dusty , informal campsite for wayfarers ( Los Angeles Times , 30 July 1972 ) . ] |
| 10 | As Fen spoke , Robbie 's heart had lightened a fraction . |
| 11 | * The ( US ) Chemical Manufacturer 's Association has published a survey claiming that the release of toxic pollutants to the environment from the chemical industry was reduced by 35 per cent in the four-year period ending 1990 . |
| 12 | Yussuf 's unhappiness had spread a cloud over the whole orderly room . |
| 13 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 14 | Effie 's fear had disappeared a little under his quiet comfort , and it had the same effect on McAllister . |
| 15 | Thin streaks of cirrus lay parallel to the horizon , and between them the sun 's orb had become a well-defined sphere of a rich rose-crimson . |
| 16 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department has produced a consultation paper proposing a new estate in land — commonhold — following a preliminary study of " condominium' legislation in other parts of the world . |
| 17 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 18 | Verhoeven 's movie has lit a small bonfire under the gay community in America . |
| 19 | A week later it seemed as if Evelyn 's plan had had a miraculously swift outcome . |
| 20 | He told us once his sister 's girl had married a Frenchman . ’ |
| 21 | Mrs Knelle 's boy had attended a similar boarding school to the Cistercian college , and had then gone to Maynooth , a prestigious Dublin seminary for priests . |
| 22 | The cat 's independence has encouraged a widespread view that it is asocial and unco-operative . |
| 23 | For the Galileo story it is important to know that over the centuries Aristotle 's philosophy had become a part of Catholic orthodoxy . |
| 24 | Your children will inherit a world in which Basil 's influence has made a great contribution . |
| 25 | Ipuky 's confession had lit a bright torch in the dark labyrinth of his investigation . |
| 26 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 27 | Thompson 's work has emphasised a tradition-based resistance to emerging capitalism but , Medick suggests , concentrates on only one dimension of the relationship between plebeian culture and the expansion of capitalist markets . |
| 28 | In the past 15 years Denison 's work has had a direct influence on the conservation movement in the North of England . |
| 29 | The second way in which Hobhouse 's work has had a potent , if delayed , influence is through the later elaboration of his notion of ‘ citizenship ’ . |
| 30 | Dicey 's work has had a major and lasting impact . |