Example sentences of "'s [Wh det] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her startled eyes absorbed the thick , short , golden-streaked hair swept back from a broad forehead , ears long and narrow as a satyr 's which grew close to a beautifully formed skull , a mouth of unutterable sweetness countered by a long jaw carved out of golden teak faintly blurred by a light stubble , and a chin that jutted in a formidable challenge . |
| 2 | Prudence has three heads , a youth 's which looks towards the future , a mature man 's which looks at the present , and an old man 's which looks back on the past with the wisdom of experience . |
| 3 | Carriers are prohibited from accepting cargo from NVOCC 's which do not have an up to date tariff filed with FMC , or which have not complied with the new regulations . |
| 4 | ‘ In my book , that 's what mattered most . |
| 5 | If that 's what had just happened . |
| 6 | Right : The Eradicator gets no prizes for good looks , but it 's what goes on inside that justifies the price . |
| 7 | that 's what goes on and that 's what 's draining the Health Service as well . |
| 8 | Yeah , that 's what fell out . |
| 9 | That 's what sorted out the sheep and the goats . |
| 10 | That 's what came through in that example |
| 11 | And that 's what came out of the was the . |
| 12 | I very rarely feel any curiosity about Christabel 's life — it 's funny I even feel a sort of squeamishness about things she might have touched , or places she might have been — it 's the language that matters , is n't it , it 's what went on in her mind — ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's what happens nowadays . |
| 14 | Where in the 1930s the mother was given solemn warnings as to what would happen if she disobeyed the rules , the mode now is to refer her , with continual reassurances however , to what might possibly result from some mistaken handlings : ‘ Here 's what happens once in a while when the needs of the child are n't recognized ’ ( Spock , 1946 , chapter on ‘ The Two Year Old ’ ) . |
| 15 | It 's what happens now that worries me . " |
| 16 | That 's what happened over , had n't really dealt with big tour operators in the past and I think she got a bit nervous about it |
| 17 | I 'll tell you what happened today — a man I barely know forced himself on me in a snowy field , that 's what happened today . ’ |
| 18 | That 's what happened apparently at , about a fortnight afterwards . |
| 19 | That 's what brings out the best in me . ’ |
| 20 | Erm , the other thing I 'd like to draw your attention to is para six point one , just a little tabulation there , because what they 're saying is that on the number of cuts per specification , that 's what exists now , er three hundred and twenty eight thousand , that 's about the same as this year , er if you go to the hundred millimetre cut , which is what we 're suggesting we do on a trial basis , the cost to the County Council will amount to another hundred and fifty thousand pounds a year . |
| 21 | I 've been working mainly on girls ' education really from about eighteen ninety to about nineteen thirty and that 's what has mainly occupied me research wise . |
| 22 | What 's what stinks then ? |
| 23 | Here 's what to look out for : |
| 24 | Here 's what to look out for : |
| 25 | ‘ They made a nice comeback but tactically we were in fine shape and that 's what turned out to be the winning move . ’ |
| 26 | That 's what matters now . ’ |