Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [adv] [subord] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's the highest form of devotion , you know , to want to end somebody 's existence rather than let them live on without you .
2 He facilitates his people 's work rather than authorizes it .
3 In contemplating the garden 's verdure rather than experiencing it he succeeds in :
4 Although section 25 , as re-enacted , no longer required the court to attempt to place the parties in the financial position they would have been in had the marriage not broken down , it did not , in her Ladyship 's judgment , circumscribe the court 's discretion so as to limit it to providing for the wife to become self-sufficient .
5 All due respect to Johnny Marr ( though the haircuts never get better … ) but , like most people ‘ blessed ’ with skill , there was a tendency to be used by one 's versatility rather than use it .
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