Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Secretary of State asked for the Committee 's comments . |
| 2 | Of course , the official asked for the father 's details , saw there was a profit to be made from the information and went straight to Lehmann . ’ |
| 3 | Girobank handled £47m in retail deposits and transactions last year , which the bank says works out at £1 in every £3 which passed through the nation 's tills . |
| 4 | She pulled herself out of the unsealed suit and peered through the shuttle 's windows at the featureless walls of the landing bay . |
| 5 | They left him bound and gagged and fled with the night 's takings of six hundred pounds.For four hours Alan struggled to cut himself free . |
| 6 | The issue is the only one of the ten points where Mr Dodds disagreed with the auditor 's recommendations . |
| 7 | The government disagreed with the plan 's provisions for the dissolution of the SOC administration and of the armed forces prior to a UN-supervised general election . |
| 8 | He drew in the horse 's reins and waited silently , his eyes momentarily tightly closed . |
| 9 | Its brevity , awkward composition and lukewarm style of its writing stemmed from the Committee 's revisions . |
| 10 | In addition , this company also contributed to the Association 's efforts on behalf of the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal by helping to arrange a Royal Film Gala night at their Shaftsbury Avenue cinema . |
| 11 | ‘ Guercino : Master Painter of the Baroque ’ is the first American exhibition devoted to the artist 's paintings , while ‘ Guercino : Drawings from Windsor Castle ’ includes sixty works from the celebrated royal collection . |
| 12 | A smile flickered on the presenter 's lips . |
| 13 | The flat in West Kensington was really only three large , formerly elegant rooms , with ceilings so high that I often gaped at the room 's proportions , as if I were in a derelict cathedral . |
| 14 | Their change of mind came after the president 's aides had said that if denied a referendum he would carry out a non-binding plebiscite anyway to settle the power struggle that has paralysed his reform programme . |
| 15 | The position is rather different when the goods came into the defendant 's hands by reason of a genuine , voluntary bailment for then the bailee has a statutory power of sale of the goods if the bailor fails to collect them . |
| 16 | The court in that case was quite happy to imply an air of confidence even though it was not possible to say how the confidential information ( that is , the prints taken from the engravings ) came into the defendant 's hands . |
| 17 | The application must be supported by an affidavit specifying when the demand came into the debtor 's hands and the grounds on which he claims it should be set aside , and a copy of the demand must be exhibited to the affidavit . |
| 18 | 3.1.4 to carry out work or do anything whatever comprised within the Landlord 's obligations in this Lease |
| 19 | ‘ — All armour 'd in the dragon 's scales |
| 20 | They were still sitting together when Hotspur came from the prince 's apartments . |
| 21 | All the power came from the speaker 's lungs ; he addressed the mouthpiece at a distance of about one inch , and projected his message at the top of his voice . |
| 22 | No weapon , no footprints , no fingerprints , all the bits of fibre caught on bushes came from the deceased 's clothes . ’ |
| 23 | The initial idea for the show came from the shop 's owners , the El Fayeds , who recently visited the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers show in New York , another Haughton event . |
| 24 | Unfortunately most of what ITV screened came from the cast 's rehearsals , not the actual performance , and television mogul Lew Grade sent the cast an apologetic telegram afterwards . |
| 25 | Heavier traffic flows caused by lorries on bridges and roads also added to the ministry 's problems . |
| 26 | Exit polling showed independent Ross Perot was taking more votes from Mr Bush than from Mr Clinton in several states , which added to the President 's problems . |
| 27 | The country was bracken-clothed dunes , the plants so tall that they came over the horse 's withers in places . |
| 28 | The giant Bob Burtenshaw , sporting a borrowed naval cap ( Commander Beattie 's ) , swung his walking-stick , his monocle firmly in place , unconcerned by the frenzy of gunfire as they came over the destroyer 's bows . |
| 29 | Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel , according to Turkish television , appealed to the town 's citizens : " Come back . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , on the first Friday afternoon in May , Bertha came to the king 's gardens . |