Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] had [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the Illustrated London News shows that Guest & Merriman 's experiment had included several microphones and a selector system , but the surviving disc shows no sign of active ‘ mixing ’ . |
| 2 | Charlotte stood on the spot where Maurice 's car had stood that morning and gazed to the north , her coat buttoned to the collar , scarf wound around her neck . |
| 3 | She had wondered about it briefly when it seemed certain that her mother and Michele 's father had known each other in the past . |
| 4 | Later , Julia discovered that the German army in question had been in South Africa and that Colonel Scotland 's appointment had ended some years before the Great War . |
| 5 | Myra did n't remind her husband that Rosenstein 's butchery had made more business for Zvi . |
| 6 | But Neva the miller 's daughter had overheard this talk and felt sorry for the old woman who wanted to bake her yuletide cake . |
| 7 | He believed , moreover , that although man 's reason had gone some way in ‘ its great and proper business of morality ’ , the progress had been slow . |
| 8 | Andreeva 's letter had echoed such sentiments : indeed it had gone further and was completely incompatible with the principles of restructuring . |
| 9 | Barry 's house had had those kind of stairs . |
| 10 | Last night , Mr Robinson said Mr Brooke 's speech had gone some way to getting dialogue ‘ back on the rails . ’ |