Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in Amabel 's experience it had always been the wife who complained of it , Ethel Lord , for instance , fretting herself into a decline , or very nearly , when her husband had taken to spending so much time in Leeds ; Maria Colclough turning to religion because her man emerged so rarely from his counting house ; even strident Lizzie Braithwaite complaining that she had been neglected for the sake of the business . |
| 2 | Ken talked a lot about suicide , but in Orton 's company it had to have sexual connotations , as though he were constantly — and whatever the subject of his conversations — having to keep up with the Joneses , in this case Orton and his assorted friends if not specifically Orton and Halliwell . |
| 3 | ‘ Captain Meredith 's nigger it 'll be , and I 'll thankee to get back to th'work , Sally Dade , — said Salt . |
| 4 | At Clogau St. David 's mine it occurs in small , rich , steeply-dipping shoots associated with pyrite and pyrrhotite together with galena and bismuth tellurides . |
| 5 | Today we use the word ‘ meditation ’ quite differently : in Hilton 's time it meant study rather than a purely contemplative exercise . |
| 6 | ‘ Since old Josh 's time it 's been used as a holiday retreat by various Proberts down the years , ’ he added , ‘ with some of the land let out for summer grazing to mainland farmers . ’ |
| 7 | Later in Michael Ramsey 's life it disturbed his conventional critics when they found a guardian of Catholic orthodoxy saying that he hoped and expected to meet atheists in heaven . |
| 8 | So then his Scott 's mum and Noel 's mum met in town and they were just talking and Scott 's mum it 's dis , God it 's disgusting is n't it that lad given all them little lads love bites ! |
| 9 | From the sudden change in Rune Christensen 's demeanour it seemed she might have cause to be optimistic . |
| 10 | Even under Edward 's guidance it proved difficult to feel my way into the texts he gave me to read . |
| 11 | By Edward 's reign it was usual for the monarch to extract from a newly elected bishop or abbot a pension of about 3 or 5 marks for a royal servant until such time as the prelate could promote him to a suitable living . |
| 12 | In Balbinder 's case it was not simply that he was a slow learner . |
| 13 | In Keynes 's time it was mainly wealthy or high-income earning individuals who operated speculative balances , but in the modern economy this role has been assumed more by institutions which manage contractual savings held in pension funds , life assurance contracts , and the like . |
| 14 | Cassie wondered hazily whether in Johnny 's book it would be considered all right to force himself on the other sort of girl , whoever she may be ! |
| 15 | This was successful and at the time of Down 's death it could accommodate 200 patients . |
| 16 | At 50 points it 's quite expensive , but if it saves your Warlord 's life it 's obviously worth it . |
| 17 | To Curtis 's ears it sounded uncannily like the faint clapping of a ghostly audience . |
| 18 | The Isle of Wight might well have been renamed the ‘ Isle of Grey ’ in the gloomy winter light , but while the photo session reinforced the Beaver 's manoeuvrability it did highlight its inertia , even large power changes taking their time to have an effect . |
| 19 | On the day after Aquino 's announcement it was reported that 28 congressmen and 22 governors had broken with the LDP and announced their support for Ramos . |
| 20 | Watchdog lists FIVE of Lundgren 's movements it claims are dangerous . |
| 21 | Before leaving the question of Molla Husrev 's Muftilik it must be pointed out that further documentary evidence calls in question one element of the account , namely the assertion that Molla Husrev built his medrese on going to Bursa after his falling-out with Mehmed II . |
| 22 | When Cecilia looked back to Tina 's childhood it was always that particular day when Ernest Jarvis had hanged himself that she remembered . |
| 23 | Like the Holy Ghost , ascending and descending on the foreheads of the Apostles , only in Maggie 's case it 's voles and fieldmice . ’ |
| 24 | Then , scampering up behind Handlebar 's bird it grabbed its rival by the neck , gripped , and forced it down on to its side . |
| 25 | With mum Carol 's heritage it could never have been any other way — her roots , after all , lay thousands of miles away in Wales , the Land of Song . |
| 26 | After Stalin 's fall it became the Road of the Heroes and then was changed to the Road of Youth . |
| 27 | What would have happened if Dr Dunstaple had replied to Dr McNab 's challenge it is hard to say . |
| 28 | In Whitham 's case it was different and he certainly was what could be termed an inspired choice by the Lightweight club . |
| 29 | Rachaela did not like the screen , but as with Ruth 's bed it was too large to dispose of easily . |
| 30 | For one of Karl Barth 's disposition it could never be said that because something has been perceived to be natural by humankind , therefore it is the will of God . |