Example sentences of "'s [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a foster mum ca n't be found Sami will have to be hand reared at the stables in Deddington , but the owners he 's much likelier to have a healthy life if he 's reared the natural way . |
| 2 | Pensioner 's received a 5.9 per cent increase in the state pension last April . |
| 3 | BUT FAX MACHINES HAVE PLENTY OF SHORTCOMINGS , AS ANYONE WHO 'S RECEIVED AN INDECIPHERABLE SCRAP OF PAPER WILL TELL YOU . |
| 4 | He 's formed a useful partnership with Gordon Hunter and may retain his place in spite of the fact that Tommy McIntyre and Neil Orr are again available . |
| 5 | What 's highlighted the whole issue of safe sex is , of course , the advent of acquired immunity deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) . |
| 6 | He 's broken every other rule in the book : why not this one ? ’ |
| 7 | He 's taught an awful lot of people , including myself , an awful lot of things . |
| 8 | He 's joined a growing band of young homeless in Oxfordshire . |
| 9 | He says that he 's joined a few agencies , with no luck . |
| 10 | He 's joined the Liberal Party , and now he 's a very important cog in the cabinet . |
| 11 | ‘ My Ernie 's joined the Communist Party , ’ she announced gravely . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's contaminated the whole house ! |
| 13 | Now , for the final time we 're heading way out west with the man who 's given a whole new meaning to the term ‘ cowboy ’ — John Millar of the Daily Record . |
| 14 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 15 | On top , he 's given a 3 500 housing allowance , and can look forward to a pension of up to 19 500 pounds a year . |
| 16 | Why , even Corky 's completed a few of 'em ! |
| 17 | She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you can create an old but light feeling in a Georgian house with modern furniture if it 's designed the right way . |
| 19 | He 's designed an airborne moth trap , bolted to the side of his microlight plane . |
| 20 | He 's designed an airborne moth trap , bolted to the side of his microlight plane . |
| 21 | He 's committed a libellous slander , based on heresay , making the most obscene remarks about Katherine and the marriage not being consummated . |
| 22 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 23 | Later this month he 'll attend a function in London to learn whether he 's won the supreme award for Britain from 20,000 builders . |
| 24 | Racing 's been good to Richard Dunwoody … he 's won the National … he 's won the Gold Cup … he 's ridden the great Desert Orchid … there 's only dream left to chase … to be champion |
| 25 | Last year , it was in the finals , this year it 's won the top award , officially the best pub in the country . |
| 26 | He 's looked the full business as an inspirational skipper . |
| 27 | The sooner this bastard 's caught the better . ’ |
| 28 | This is the fast and furious world of grasstrack racing … the event a competition on the outskirts of Oxford that 's attracted the best and bravest in Britain … for the grand prize of Masters champion nineteen ninety two . |
| 29 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 30 | He 's dropped the long-redundant Associates moniker and is standing alone , on his own merits . |