Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant . |
| 2 | Only rarely does one feel Dustin 's personality breaking through the rigid mask Nichols has constructed for him . |
| 3 | Later that day he found a letter for Kay 's mother lying in the hall . |
| 4 | On 7 October they began an all-out offensive on the western flank of the city , with the columns of the erstwhile Army of Africa attacking from the Toledo direction , to the south-west , and further units of Mola 's forces advancing from the north-west . |
| 5 | Preferring to pound the rugby pitch rather than passively wait for Valentine 's cards dropping through the letter box , the efforts of the 15 women on the Scotland side were rewarded with a 10-0 win . |
| 6 | I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ? |
| 7 | The starsuit was hotter now ; the heat of re-entry and the energy of Lucifer 's interior triumphing over the best human life support technology . |
| 8 | They found Lucifer 's tail hanging in a tree and the donkey 's head jammed on a gatepost . |
| 9 | We were alone on deck , though not the only ones awake for I could hear Rickie and Ellen 's voices coming from the open skylight of the main saloon . |
| 10 | Jennifer remembered Tristram 's face grinning through the wall , and the firm warm clasp of his hand as he reached through to her ; she remembered a night when the moonlight was like mercury on the trees — and she remembered her own sudden cry of love and joy , which Mrs Prynn had thought was the deadly shriek of a mandrake and which had caused her to go down to the lower scullery to see if Jennifer was safe . |
| 11 | In the long term there may even be Nicholson 's pubs appearing in the business centres of other cities . |
| 12 | Maybe I 'll hear Maggie 's ground-car swooshing over the hill to rescue me . |
| 13 | He began vaguely opening drawers and cupboards , trying to see out of the corner of his eye whether there were any more of Tessa 's belongings lying about the floor . |
| 14 | Finally , what was billed as a spectacular display of gunpowder , fire , balloons and art … featuring Halley 's comet speeding through the cosmos . |
| 15 | Brian McRandal , another European youth championship traveller joins Ryan Glass as the final nominations for the BHS most improved junior award , but Dominic McGreevy is assured of honours on Friday when he will be jointly awarded the Crystal Trophy with Wai Sun Chan for gaining maximum Grand Prix points over the season , Dominic 's success coming in the cadet boys and Wai Sun dominating the under-21 event . |
| 16 | I picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals hoping for a quiet hour or two by the river while they were manoeuvring . |
| 17 | I was sitting on a chair near the door , and I could just hear Greta Ross 's voice speaking on the phone . |
| 18 | She could see the wash of her own boat , white in the black lagoon , and the crystal curve of Lucenzo 's boat cleaving through the water at a terrifying rate . |
| 19 | Van Gogh 's Sunflowers according to an estimate from James Roundell of Christie 's Impressionist department , would have fetched around £4–5 million in 1980 compared to £30 million plus today |
| 20 | Sprawling in the sun in her one-piece suit , a little overweight , watching Dan 's eyes straying over the two slim French girls in bikinis diving in the pool . |
| 21 | I saw the hired hand from M. Deloche 's farm coming across the field with it in his hand . |
| 22 | Five of William 's friends playing with a cat |
| 23 | She could feel Patrick 's erection digging into the side of her leg , his excitement making her more breathless by the second . |
| 24 | Diaries out for all the US conferences and shows scheduled for the spring and summer : Object Expo , New York Hilton , April 19 to 23 ; Win-Dev , Boston University Corporate Education Center , April 26 to 30 ; DB/Expo 93 , Moscone Center , San Francisco , May 3 to 7 ; Unix Reseller Show , Dallas Convention Center , May 4 to 6 ; C++ in Industry , Boston University Corporate Development Center , May 24 to 26 ; Comdex Spring/Windows World , Atlanta Convention Center , May 24 to 28 ; NeXTWorld Expo , Moscone Center , San Francisco , May 25 to 27 ; DECUS , Georgia World Congress Center , June 5 to 11 ; Xhibition , San Jose Convention Center , June 7 to 11 ; UniForum 's Mainframe Downsizing in the Financial Industry , Hyatt Regency Chicago , June 8 to 10 , Grand Hyatt New York , June 15 to 17 ; Client-Server World and Database World , Hynes Convention Center , Boston , June 14 to 16 ; PC Expo , Javits Center , New York , June 29 to July 1 ; SCO Forum , University of California , Santa Cruz , August 14 to 19 ; and Interex , Moscone Center , San Francisco , September 19 to 23 . |
| 25 | A similar deal has now been struck with Digital Equipment Corp , and the manufacturing software is available immediately for the Ultrix version of Unix with support for DEC 's OSF/1 following in the second half of the year . |
| 26 | A similar deal has now been struck with Digital Equipment Corp , and the manufacturing software is available immediately for the Ultrix version of Unix with support for DEC 's OSF/1 following in the second half of the year . |
| 27 | Thus in 1779 , when it was desired to refer to Choiseul 's despatches relating to the Family Compact of 1761 , they could not be found and copies had to be obtained from Madrid . |
| 28 | Generally , have you discovered any particular changes in Brighton 's home furnishing over the past generation ? |
| 29 | It did n't take long to get Graham 's eyes looking in the same direction . |
| 30 | I want to see Donald 's flag blowing in the wind . ’ |