Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And what about my granpa 's barrow ? |
| 2 | I was finding out more and more about my quarry 's life . |
| 3 | I have another matter to talk with them actually about my wife 's liability to class to contributions . |
| 4 | I was too excited to bother about my sister 's listening , all ears . |
| 5 | Actually , about my sister 's age . |
| 6 | If I were a head teacher or a chair of governors now , I would use quite blatantly the annual meeting and the annual report as ways of sounding the loudest and brightest clarion calls about my school 's performance and achievements … |
| 7 | But I really do n't want any old antique-dealer poking about my aunt 's things and putting a price on them . " |
| 8 | Lying about my family 's social status came easily enough , but there was nothing I could do about the more visible signs of poverty . |
| 9 | Though we children heard a lot about my mother 's nerves , we never really saw them in action . |
| 10 | I came across a very brief report about my mother 's death . |
| 11 | Well before both , my alert mind has me up and about my mother 's business . |
| 12 | I am especially worried about my horse 's legs . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose my feelings about my father 's death were charged with guilt . |
| 14 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 15 | At last I knew the truth about my father 's betrayal and death . |
| 16 | I told him about my father 's arrest ; about the doctor ; about life in Fontanellato ; about the mercato nero ; about the Allies being stuck between Rome and Naples ; about the bombing of the cities , especially Genoa . |
| 17 | ‘ I saw him several times a day and he asked about my baby 's father . |
| 18 | I am extremely bitter about my son 's death . |
| 19 | I woke up frightened at having my knife and pill-bottles in the tent in case I should end my life during my night 's sleep . |
| 20 | During my wife 's pregnancy , I was delighted to be invited to a dads-to-be session at our health centre . |
| 21 | During my son 's teenage years he spent his life like a hobo , sleeping-bag packed into his satchel in case he wanted to doss down on a schoolfriend 's floor somewhere . |
| 22 | She gave no hint of its existence during my mother 's life . |
| 23 | They vanished from Ireland during my great-grandfather 's time , but on the night of Samain , the gateways between their world and ours open of their own accord , and they come back . |
| 24 | That collection by itself was more important than all the authentic Modigliani drawings published during my father 's life-time . |
| 25 | I can remember not being able to get off my sister 's much bigger push bike , just an ordinary push bike |
| 26 | Soccer star cut off my kitty 's privates . |
| 27 | ‘ Leo , ’ came a voice that I recognized as my mum 's . |
| 28 | I have stopped myself from saying anything as my daughter 's children live round the corner and I have them to stay overnight and take them on a Saturday but they are no bother . |
| 29 | As I thought about it , the notion took its own shape , blossoming , as it were , and escalating into what I finally conceived as my cousin 's nemesis . |
| 30 | I 'm acting as my father 's secretary . ’ |