Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] four " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the technique employed in The Dear Deceit represents a laying-bare of traditional narrative devices without offering an alternative approach , it sets the stage for the more radical break with the conventions of realism which Brooke-Rose 's fiction demonstrated four years later . |
| 2 | Former England paceman , Mike Hendrick , has defended Nottinghamshire 's decision to sack four of their most senior players . |
| 3 | Norton 's Coin won four point-to-points out of ten runs over three seasons and then developed into a good chaser : by the time of his Gold Cup attempt he had won four of his fourteen races under Rules , including a valuable chase at Cheltenham the previous April . |
| 4 | Doug 's machine has four and a half meg free . |
| 5 | Today 's universe contains four observable forces — the electromagnetic and gravitational ones , which work over long ranges , and the weak and strong nuclear ones , which work only locally . |
| 6 | Gober 's exhibition comprises four rooms wallpapered with the artist 's own designs and filled with the sculptures for which he has become celebrated : several untitled wax legs with candles , the wax hermaphroditic torso , the wedding dress , the bags of cat litter and the drains sunk into the gallery 's walls . |
| 7 | Whenever it was Charlie 's turn to spend four days in the advance trenches his section seemed to occupy most of their time filling their billycans with pints of water , as they struggled to bail out the gallons that dropped daily from the heavens . |
| 8 | The women 's league produced four convincing wins as luckless Peterlee went down 7–15 at Tyneside and Darlington avenged an earlier reversal when they entertained Stockton Diamonds and won 8235 . |
| 9 | The children 's panel met four months ago to consider the termination of William 's home supervision order . |