Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus after just two years ' trading SOFFEX 's turnover exceeded that of LTOM . |
| 2 | Fortunately , the Scottish Rugby Union bridged the gap by serving the party with tea , and the hospitable Heriot 's club followed that up with something a little stronger . |
| 3 | Swanson 's abduction followed that of a Negros-based Japanese aid worker , Fumio Mizuno , who was seized by the NPA on May 29 . |
| 4 | Bush 's humiliation approached that of George McGovern in 1972 , when he won only two seats in his attempt to oust Richard Nixon . |
| 5 | And the cabin 's ambience reinforced that view . |
| 6 | The impact of the boar 's body rolled that leopard over and over all the way back to the forest edge and finally threw him up into the air in a somersault . |
| 7 | Whenever Dyson 's phone rang that week it was the television company . |
| 8 | Mrs Bridget Prentice 's victory followed that of her husband Gordon over the Tories in Pendle . |
| 9 | Viola 's voice had that organ note of the English landed aristocracy , though in her case it had been formed not in the hunting-fields , but on the lonely , sheep expanses of her native land . |
| 10 | Laura 's voice had that doomed quality about it . |
| 11 | Mr Yarrow 's voice had that ‘ lost soul ’ quality about it . |
| 12 | He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really . |
| 13 | Lorton 's tone meant That 's your story . |
| 14 | Mandy 's tone implied that green might be an improvement over Charity 's natural colour — an admittedly mousy shade of brown . |
| 15 | She intended to slap Elisabeth on the back , but she was too late ; Elisabeth had made a dash for fresh air and Mitzi 's arm met that of Elisabeth 's chair . |
| 16 | Within the north itself , Gloucester 's connection subsumed that of the crown . |
| 17 | Within the north itself , Gloucester 's connection subsumed that of the crown . |
| 18 | I suppose one would call him a hypochondriac , because Dorothy had once told me that her earliest memory was of her father standing in front of the looking-glass saying , ‘ I am a dying man ’ ; her mother 's face had that bearing-up look one sees on the faces of those suffering with their feet . |
| 19 | Dick Smith 's hearse followed that in which Martin lay . |