Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] and [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning to what she called ‘ the heart of the matter ’ , the Prime Minister said : ‘ Remove man 's freedom and you dwarf the individual , you devalue his conscience and you demoralise him . ’ |
| 2 | This was n't his first encounter with Stephen 's rival and he knew the woman seated on the other side of the high table was a formidable opponent , probably more dangerous than the King , and possessing in full measure the strong will and harsh determination that had characterised her father and grandfather . |
| 3 | Tweed put an affectionate hand on Paula 's neck and she managed a wan smile . |
| 4 | A cross-wind batted Jackson 's car and he twitched the wheel to correct the sudden drift . |
| 5 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
| 6 | In their anomalous behaviour electric arcs seemed to defy Ohm 's Law and she discovered the cause of this . |
| 7 | Versailles was a victor 's peace and it created a minefield of unresolved national problems in central Europe . |
| 8 | For example Candy , who started off as a fairly minor part in the book , became part of George and Lennie 's dream and they became a ‘ threesome ’ . |
| 9 | Says ‘ I wrote a letter at the lunch table at Upton entering my friend and me. the letter then joined 30,000 others on the producer 's desk and we thought no more about it . |
| 10 | Either side of him sat a large , so lid man : one caught Marcus 's eye and he began an earnest inspection of the floor . |
| 11 | At intervals , re-crossing his cramped legs humped on the hassock of his kit-bag , his boot struck Meredith 's shin and he muttered an apology , to which Meredith responded with a polite shrug of the shoulders . |
| 12 | A local dental surgeon , Mr. Williams , was kind enough to attend at Dr. Prior 's request and he administered the gas gratuitously . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , Donna was going crazy with the generator out and the phone down , and this princess says loudly she 's Matthew Blake 's fiancée and she wants a room , right now . |
| 14 | Mr Lamont added : ‘ Low inflation , tight control of public spending , open markets , competition — these are the principles of the Government 's strategy and they provide the right framework for economic growth . |
| 15 | I accept the level of attainance of which he spoke as being likely in the case of the plaintiff 's career and I accept the sums which he spoke of as her potential earnings . |
| 16 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
| 17 | Combine this with a seat at the water 's edge and you have a lovely place to sit and admire the distant views and your new-look garden . |
| 18 | Christian faith was the mainspring of Dobbie 's life and he personified the ideal of the officer as missionary , propagated by Charles Kingsley [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | No one ever seemed to know William 's surname and he had a bizarre appearance at a time when smartness was highly valued . |
| 20 | — Tim Loughton , of Battersea ‘ Now my name 's Binge and I like a party , but these parties are something else again . ’ |
| 21 | His point was that films were a director 's medium and he quoted A Hard Day 's Night as a good example of a director working with non-actors . |
| 22 | dad 's go and he got the wrong weapon , he crossed out the wrong one on his list |
| 23 | Nowadays , it 's the Pet Care Helpline which takes up most of Christine 's time and she has no plans of stopping . |
| 24 | He 's my dead brother 's son and he means a great deal to me . |
| 25 | Afterwards we flew back to Greg 's house and we spent the next week working real hard . |
| 26 | For instance , if that 's an overseer 's house and you extend the town and want to turn it into two labourers ’ houses , all you do is add a w.c. upstairs , change the stair entry , and remove the coloured-tile decoration from the balcony and cornice . ’ |
| 27 | I went round to Kelly 's house and I played a computer there and they could bring |
| 28 | From the National Gallery to the end of the square , the remaining houses belonged to the ‘ close ’ of the Archbishop 's Palace and they feature a variety of façades . |
| 29 | Leslie 's mother and I visited the family of the corporal from Edinburgh ; and when the mother of a Manchester man came to Edinburgh to stay with friends some time later , we went to see her , too . |
| 30 | Her eyes came back to her father 's face and she drew a breath . |