Example sentences of "'s [noun] [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If implemented , the demerger would be the most radical departure in the group 's 66-year history , and the biggest shake-up in the world chemical industry since Germany 's IG Farben was broken up in 1945 . |
| 2 | United play their next League match on Thursday next week , against Southampton , and Mr Ferguson will be hoping for a less frenzied atmosphere than the one in which Manchester City 's Neil Pointon was sent off on Tuesday . |
| 3 | At the Raja 's insistence Tara was chained up to a 500 year old tree . |
| 4 | Hebburn 's Les Tatum was sent off late in the game . |
| 5 | In a bad-tempered match , Jason Ramshaw , the Halifax hooker , had his jaw broken , while his team-mate Richard Fairbank and Nottingham 's Craig Whitehead were sent off . |
| 6 | The city 's Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität was founded only after Baron von Stein 's reforms in 1810 , yet by 1870 it was setting international standards in history , classics , physics , chemistry , and medicine . |
| 7 | Then Gannon struck in the 81st minute and added the third with a penalty after Exeter 's Kevin Miller was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 89th minute . |
| 8 | Steaua 's Ionel Fulga and Antwerp 's Rudy Taeymans were sent off in the second half , Fulga for dangerous play and Taeymans for a second bookable offence . |
| 9 | Newcastle 's fullback Maitland was sent off , followed almost inevitably by Hughie Gallacher after a fight with a Hungarian player . |
| 10 | Reading 's Adrian Williams was sent clear only to be dragged down by Thomas on the edge of the area in the 51st minute and referee Ron Groves immediately reached for the red card . |
| 11 | Warwick 's brother John was based there in 1471 but Snaith was still able to join Edward IV , taking his revenues with him . |
| 12 | Warwick 's brother John was based there in 1471 but Snaith was still able to join Edward IV , taking his revenues with him . |
| 13 | I nodded to her and to Aline , who was Franco-Vietnamese and engaged to Hugh Watt , one of Ashley 's multitudinous cousins from the branch of the family that seemed to favour consorts of an exotic provenance ( Hugh 's brother Craig was going out with a stunning , lanky Nigerian called Noor ) . |