Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [pron] was the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Fiona 's case it was the Inverness Nordic Ski Club which put her name forward . |
| 2 | On both his father 's side and his mother 's side he was the great-grandson of a Christian minister . |
| 3 | On both his father 's side and his mother 's side he was the grandson of a Christian minister . |
| 4 | In Thomas ' and Potter 's article it was the leaf length , not the plant weight , which was represented by the Richards functions . |
| 5 | For a moment Hotspur almost believed in her extinction , her relegation to the servant 's role which was the lot of daughters in their parents ' households ; and even for a moment it grieved him to believe in it . |
| 6 | To Teesdale 's surprise it was the number of the prison . |
| 7 | I had with me only the name of David 's hotel which was the Intourist , which was right in the middle of town , and my Russian phrase book , which was full of phrases like , ‘ I think my leg is broken , can you stop the bleeding ? ’ which did not prove very helpful . |
| 8 | But the family were also linked tenurially with the house of York , and after William Tyrell 's execution it was the dowager duchess of York who had custody of James and his land , although she granted both to William 's widow and her feoffees . |
| 9 | But the family were also linked tenurially with the house of York , and after William Tyrell 's execution it was the dowager duchess of York who had custody of James and his land , although she granted both to William 's widow and her feoffees . |