Example sentences of "[noun sg] ['s] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The membrane broke open and he found himself looking at a little horse 's head lying upon a pair of stretched out forelegs , a perfect little head with shell-like curling nostrils and a narrow white blaze , and wet , flattened-down ears . |
| 2 | Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun . |
| 3 | No hat any more , or gloves , the white long-fingered pianist 's hands playing with the buttons of her dark-blue coat . |
| 4 | Mr Salmond added : ‘ We have spent more than two months at Labour 's behest going through a process of consultation with the STUC only to be told at the end of it that Labour want to junk his key proposal before we get to a meeting . ’ |
| 5 | He saw the pig 's bladder lying at the boy 's feet , very similar to the one he had seen two children playing with on Holborn thoroughfare . |
| 6 | With out boat 's painter trailing in the shadows behind us , let us now move on to look at what I have called the detective novel as opposed to the detective story . |
| 7 | When I recovered myself and controlled my weeping , my attention was attracted by Granny 's photograph hanging over the mantelshelf . |
| 8 | Helen Atkins , the Council 's solicitor dealing with the issue , says the Authority has to act on the complaints it received over the summer , but admits there 's still a long way to go . |
| 9 | The afternoon was hot and still , the sun 's heat lying over the Monte Samana complex like a physical blanket , making even the liveliest of children sleepy . |
| 10 | ‘ Have you ever seen the sun 's rays streaking through a stained glass window ? ’ |
| 11 | The only water to be seen was the boy 's tears falling into the sand . |
| 12 | Philip turned quickly and saw the boy 's dog bounding over the bracken towards them . |
| 13 | Thus the severe animosity against Jews culminating in the Aliens Act of 1905 , a product of what Bernard Gainer calls ‘ The Anti-Alien Mentality ’ ( 1972 , chapter 5 ) did not prevent sport 's patrons delighting at the scores of immigrants seeking material rewards through boxing . |
| 14 | He has also fought in vain against the Queen 's head appearing on the new $5 bill . |
| 15 | Earlier this year , a specially invited audience at Earls Court , London , was treated to the spectacle of the Queen 's cousin sitting on a golden throne wearing an apron . |
| 16 | The children on the roundabout can be made as intricate as your time or patience allows — the effect of the girl 's plaits streaming in the wind is quite easy to achieve . |
| 17 | Through the living-room window he can see a playpen , and a child 's pot standing on the table . |
| 18 | She broke off as another memory stirred … that same evening , but later , raised voices coming from her mother 's room , her child 's feet pattering along the landing , peeping through a crack in the door … |
| 19 | That is the amount of the retailer 's loss arising from the wholesaler 's breach of contract . |
| 20 | He watched the vicar 's face waiting for the thunderous ‘ thou shalt be cast into the eternal fires ’ glare but he only smiled and shook her hand . |
| 21 | They took no notice of the black Mercedes as it slipped noiselessly out of the parking space behind them , the driver 's foot hovering over the accelerator . |
| 22 | At the heart of the system are two inter-linked computers , one assessing the environment outside the car , the other checking the driver 's judgment according to the position of the pedals and information from sensors . |
| 23 | information relating to the radio , time and outside temperature are located high on the dashboard to avoid the driver 's eyes straying from the road |
| 24 | In 1936 he had been a member of the Archbishop 's committee preparing for a conference to be held at Oxford on Church , Community and State . |
| 25 | I can hear Mum 's voice wittering in the background . |
| 26 | Indonesia and Malaysia have responded belligerently to the European parliament 's resolution calling for a ban on imports of tropical hardwoods . |
| 27 | The first draft provides guidance on the auditor 's responsibilities relating to the audit of figures from preceding periods which are required to be included in , and therefore form part of , the current financial statements . |
| 28 | This was once a gamekeeper 's cottage belonging to a large estate . |
| 29 | In the meantime I have returned the draft Contract approved to the vendor 's solicitors providing for a reduced deposit of £2,600 instead of the full 10% deposit of £5,200 and I enclose one part of the Contract for signature by you both where indicated in pencil . |
| 30 | But the kangaroo rat can hear the faint rustles of the rattlesnake 's scales moving over the sand , and escape . |