Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although a Private Members Bill , it had been included in the Government 's programme set out in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 32 | It was n't long before she heard Douglas 's car draw up on the short gravel drive . |
| 33 | Yeah , Dan 's car broke down on the way to Birmingham you know . |
| 34 | The Sheikh 's car pulled up outside the hotel where his meeting was to take place . |
| 35 | McDunn 's mouth twists down at the edges ; he sucks through his teeth , and for some reason I feel encouraged . |
| 36 | Ultimately , de Gaulle 's attempt to hold on to the symbolic status bestowed by 18 June and the war proved his undoing . |
| 37 | The decision to look for a significant equity partner appears to be Virgin 's attempt to keep out of the clutches of the five majors while remaining a credible force in the worldwide music business . |
| 38 | Maggie 's sitting hunched up on the bench , its iron legs striking chilly through her tights , conker cases under her feet , cigarette between her lips . |
| 39 | Weirdest of all is the studio , in which a Madame Tussaud 's waxwork stares out of the half-light at you from behind the control-room glass . |
| 40 | Angela 's mummy came back with the red mack . |
| 41 | Goodman 's honeymoon with Haynes terminated with the launch of It and the American 's plan to pull out of the theatre and set up his Arts Lab in Covent Garden . |
| 42 | Anthea kicked the sand with perfect , active little toes and Wilkie 's girl lay down in the shadow of the boat , pulling him down after her , putting an arm over his sweaty waist , claiming . |
| 43 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 44 | Isabel 's gaze went back to the crumbling keep . |
| 45 | Ember 's gaze slid out of the corners of his eyes . |
| 46 | The sparrows twittered and fluttered under the eaves , and the sound of children 's laughter floated up from the pool down the hill . |
| 47 | Rob 's laughter rang out in the cosy room , the faint white lines around his eyes wrinkling against his winter tan . |
| 48 | And he saw El-ahrairah 's bottom sticking out of the hole and the sand flying out in showers as the digging went on . |
| 49 | Instead Ford has decided not to pass the Government 's tax cut on to the motorist but to pour it into its own pockets and profits . |
| 50 | The bag opens and the ‘ swag ’ from the previous night 's job spills on to the pavement : gold candlesticks , war trophies and silverware . |
| 51 | Finally , once the client has agreed the schedule with the agency ( which may well be done before the content of the ads is finally agreed ) , it is the media person 's job to go out into the marketplace and buy the press space , the poster sites or the TV , radio or cinema spots . |
| 52 | The political consequences are first increasing loss of control and crumbling of the party apparatus , next the state 's need to fall back on the army and police to preserve its own existence , public order and , it claims , the chance of imposing painful economic reforms . |
| 53 | The object of bereavement work with the elderly can be more one of continuing supportive intervention and understanding the old person 's need to look back over the past years and relationships than of expecting them to ‘ work through ’ their grief to its resolution . |
| 54 | Amid mounting criticism of the French government 's failure to speak out against the killings , French Foreign Ministry spokesman Daniel Bernard on Jan. 13 condemned the attacks on the opposition and said that France would only continue to support the government of President Idriss Déby if he pressed ahead with democratization . |
| 55 | Lord Aldington , ex-chairman of Sun Alliance Insurance , has told the jury he is the victim of a campaign of harassment by Mr Watts who was annoyed by the company 's failure to pay out on the death of his brother-in-law . |
| 56 | Rudakov 's body surged up over the table , his arm snatched at the collar of Holly 's tunic , pulled him up from his chair . |
| 57 | ‘ So , late on the Sunday night , with your father 's body propped up in the Rolls , you drive to Streatley , move a few boxes out of the deep-freeze and put your father in . |
| 58 | As she did so , Greg 's eye went back to the letter on the dressing-table . |
| 59 | Equation ( 5.7 ) uses rm to discount the bond 's cash flows back to the next coupon payment and then discounts the value at that date back to date t . |
| 60 | Nicola 's husband sat down on the sofa , rubbing his hands on the knees of his brown corduroy trousers , blinking through his spectacles . |