Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The international community 's response took various forms . |
| 2 | As we might have guessed , the importance of Laurence 's wife 's money overrode any other consideration . |
| 3 | Watching closely , Davies noticed that as the male pecked , the female 's cloaca became pink and distended . |
| 4 | If Mr. Collins had sought to base an argument on the omission from the rules which I have characterised as unfair , we should have had to consider whether the opportunity given to Winchester on 6 November 1990 to make representations to Lautro 's board rectified this defect . |
| 5 | Dilwyn Bowles 's hernia appeared last September after he fell over a kitchen chair . |
| 6 | Hadleigh 's winner came eight minutes before the end when Keys set up the chance for Smith to score his second with a shot on the run . |
| 7 | But the first parliament of Mary 's regency anticipated this , for reasons which were purely political rather than moral , when it utterly banned ‘ Robert Hood nor Little John Abbot of Unreason ( and ) Queens of May ’ in both town and countryside . |
| 8 | Sadly , John Gummer 's temperament proved unsuited to the discipline of sport . |
| 9 | The prosecution 's case lasted five months , after which the jury was sent away for 75 days , partly for a holiday and partly while the judge heard legal arguments . |
| 10 | Lord Silsoe , QC , opening up the CEGB campaign and taking two and a half days to do it ( there 's nothing like Latin for spinning words out ) , said that the board 's case had three main points . |
| 11 | At the same time , she never swayed from her view that Jane 's photography had great artistic integrity and supported her within the company whatever the criticism . |
| 12 | Jessamy 's skin went cold . |
| 13 | Rachel 's skin turned dusky gold . |
| 14 | Mrs Mary Dowson , prosecuting for Middlesborugh Borough Council , said last October 's inspection revealed dirty walls , floors and ceilings and corroded equipment . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The GMB union claimed today the industrial tribunal 's decision revealed double standards . |
| 17 | Campese 's decision robbed 60,000 in the stadium , and countless millions around the world , of what would have been one of the most intense and fascinating finales to the World Cup , with England only three points behind , their heads up and winning score in sight . |
| 18 | Yesterday 's decision concluded one of the most embarrassing chapters in racing history and brought the curtain down on the ‘ National That Never Was . ’ |
| 19 | Tremayne 's vet took small blood samples of all the stable 's runners prior to their last training gallop before they raced , the resulting detailed analysis being able to reveal a whole host of things from a raised lymphocyte count to excreted enzymes due to muscle damage . |
| 20 | Airtours 's progress reflected this by notching up its sixth successive year of profits . |
| 21 | Laboratory analysis for the presence of various metals was not routinely carried out , however , until a couple of years ago , when it was suddenly discovered that McDonald 's effluent contained 256 p.p.m. of zinc , a by-product of the glazing process . |
| 22 | Sgt. Davies 's Hurricane became separated and one Messerschmitt closed to 50 yards before opening fire — and missed ! |
| 23 | The President 's cabin lay three miles into the reserve , four miles to the north and a good eight hundred feet above the lodge , and divided from it by a small tributary of the Makaa so Trent could expect no help there even if the owner was in residence . |
| 24 | He was all right financially — he had always been shrewd and he made his money in days when the Inland Revenue had allowed people to keep some of it — but his prospects of regaining his former place in the public 's esteem seemed negligible . |
| 25 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 26 | Following his election , Bonior was due to take office in September 1991 , when Gray 's resignation became effective . |
| 27 | Berowne 's resignation remained mysterious . |
| 28 | Tracks include Ca n't Help Falling In Love by U2 star Bono , Billy Joel 's chart hit All Shook Up and Are You Lonesome Tonight sung by Bryan Ferry . |
| 29 | Pilger was certain that Sutton 's accent dropped several social degrees and ended up strong south London . |
| 30 | Suppressing a sigh , she surveyed the map of Copenhagen with which she 'd already armed herself before leaving England , refreshing her memory as to the location of the street where Suzie 's presence had last been authenticated . |