Example sentences of "'s [noun] [conj] he [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they were there , an elderly man came down the stairs from the upper floor ( with its second hand books and books of local interest ) , and started to wander around , absent-mindedly Clara could tell from a certain straining of attention on Walter 's part that he was trying to catch the old man 's eye , and eventually he succeeded in doing so ; the old man nodded and smiled , with a bare " minimum of recognition , and Walter said " Good morning , Mr Warbley . " |
| 2 | ‘ Melissa , do you agree with Alain 's mum that he was murdered ? |
| 3 | I have been Havelock Blaine 's mistress since he was turned twenty-one , nine years ago . |
| 4 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |
| 5 | An officer drove the dog to the vet in Shepherd 's car while he was taken to the police station . |
| 6 | VANDALS wrecked a policeman 's car while he was investigating a £1,000 house burglary . |
| 7 | Despite Bob 's protestations that he was staying in the Presidential Suite , was trying to avoid fans , and was actually the ‘ BAWB DYLAN ’ , the callow youth grabbed him by the scruff of his ketchup-stained hooded to and sneered , ‘ Oh yeah , and I 'm the Prime Minister Of Ireland , so I am ’ . |
| 8 | Tell the President that you have read about Abd Al-Ru'uf 's allegation that he was tortured , and about his lawyer 's complaint . |
| 9 | The women had made great play with brooms and buckets , sweeping the pavement around the policeman 's feet till he was forced to jump over them to avoid being floored . |
| 10 | Huy would need Merymose 's help if he were to proceed in that direction . |
| 11 | Not that the senator needed a beautician 's help if he was to become President , for George Crowninshield was a good-looking man with a strong-boned face and a head of thick black hair . |
| 12 | He had no time to run , but , being the discreet man he was , he opened the drawer of the Officer 's desk where he was sitting . |
| 13 | Now , it 's not then that society does n't believe in the supernatural , we believe in the supernatural , society at large believes in the supernatural , the tragedy is that the natural man , the natural person however , as always is more willing to believe Satan 's mysteries than he is to believe God 's mysteries . |
| 14 | we 're used to a lot of Shakespeare 's archaisms because he was studying them at A level and Shakespeare 's got so a special sort of band of them that he uses . |
| 15 | But it was to Kirk Douglas 's detriment that he was considered by the director to be a temperamental actor whom he did n't want to have to cope with on the set . |
| 16 | HEARTBROKEN Christine Lynch was horrified when she went to collect her twin brother 's belongings after he was found hanged . |
| 17 | Like all Ministers , the Home Secretary must maintain the Prime Minister 's confidence if he is to continue in office . |
| 18 | Mr Zhivkov 's 44-volume collected works has disappeared from Sofia 's bookshops since he was removed . |
| 19 | In 1863 he had given £1,500 to the endowment fund of the Hull Seamen 's Orphanage and he was appointed chairman in 1866 . |
| 20 | It is foolhardy for you to play around with your dog 's diet when he is known to have had urolithiasis . |
| 21 | So Taylor 's announcement that he 's to put his tactical paperwork in the office shredder and hand over the complete accounts ledger to Gascoigne is the most encouraging statement for English football since the surgeon passed Gazza 's knee A1 . |
| 22 | Gorbachev 's success at the congress was marred , however , by Yelstin 's announcement that he was leaving the party , and by the departure from the party around the same time of a number of other leading advocates of radical reform [ see p. 37416-17 ] . |
| 23 | Midge had known the moment she saw them that something was wrong and she was hurt by Patrick 's announcement that he was going to pack up his things . |
| 24 | I knew enough Latin to know this name meant the Light-Bearers , Satan 's name before he was thrown out of heaven . |
| 25 | Local Government minister Michael Portillo is n't expected to comment on Gloucestershire 's problems until he 's heard similar demands for help from twenty five other councils . |
| 26 | Many were convinced of Thornton 's guilt and he was assailed in local and London newspapers . |
| 27 | He backs up Mill 's claim that he was acting in self defence . |
| 28 | Gregory 's claim that he was hailed as consul and Augustus at Tours must be a misunderstanding , although an honorary consulship is not out of the question . |
| 29 | If the official view in the Church cared nothing about the bishop in his function as apostolic teacher , anyone who was trained to teach had a duty to join the bishop 's bench if he were asked . |
| 30 | I picture him in the back of his friend 's flat where he is staying . |