Example sentences of "[noun] 's [noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I took Jimi Hendrix down to meet The Cream and as soon as Jimi started playing , Eric Clapton 's hands fell off his guitar and I saw him kinda reel and leave the stage . |
| 2 | Surere 's eyes darted over his face . |
| 3 | Six years later , Henri Lefebvre 's willing corroboration of Thorez 's accusations sparked off what has become known as the " Nizan Case " . |
| 4 | The boy 's hands ran over her face , his head cocking this way , that . |
| 5 | As the sound was repeated again and again the tears that had been brimming in Lan 's eyes spurted down her cheeks , and beside her Tam listened rigid with horror , waiting for the sound of his brother 's wailing to begin . |
| 6 | Sir Anthony 's lips slid over his small teeth in what passed for his public smile , and he accepted , without waiting for their answer . |
| 7 | Alyssia 's eyes roamed over his body , lean and muscled , and bronzed , as though he had spent a lot of time in the sunshine . |
| 8 | Paige 's arms slid around his neck , one hand running sensually through the thick mat of hair at his nape , the other gliding beneath his robe to caress the muscled strength of his shoulders . |
| 9 | Vitor 's arms slid around her back , drawing her closer , and his kiss deepened . |
| 10 | One of Mozart 's contemporaries summed up what were probably the feelings of many fellow-musicians on hearing the news of his death : it was , of course , a pity that such a great genius was dead , but on the whole it was a good thing for the others . |
| 11 | The river 's edge , where Virgil 's ghosts held out their arms in longing for the farther shore , and Dante , as a living man , was refused passage by the ferryman , the few planks that mark the meeting point of land and water , there , surely , is a place to stop and reflect , even if , as Father Watson did , you stumble over a ten-gallon tin of creosote . |
| 12 | With Mr Yeltsin absent from the Grand Kremlin Palace , the Congress of People 's Deputies voted down his request for an extension of his emergency executive powers until December . |
| 13 | Robyn watched as Luke 's eyes roamed over her body , lingering deliberately on her breasts and the curve of her hips . |