Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuing decline of the domestic motor industry and a sharp downturn in the insulation market then plunged Pilkingtons ' core business into severe difficulties in 1980–2 . |
| 2 | Turner and Rommetveit ( 1967 ) and Tannenbaum and Williams ( 1968 ) manipulated subjects ' focus of attention while they were describing events depicted in simple line drawings . |
| 3 | But my barely-seared , griddled calves ' liver with beurre rouge was tender and perfect , and came with fat , greaseless chips . |
| 4 | In March 1991 it won an important case when the strongly integrationist European Court of Justice condoned Brussels ' ability to rule on public service monopolies without the approval of EC member states , despite the fact that the Court 's principal legal adviser , the Advocate General , called for the Commission 's powers to be restricted under Article 90 of the Treaty of Rome . |
| 5 | She hated John , and when Herod rashly promised Herodias ' daughter anything she wanted , Herodias made her daughter ask for the head of John the Baptist . |
| 6 | Greene found subjects ' performance in her sorting task supported this claim . |
| 7 | With a range of culture media ( MCDB-153 , Eagles ' medium , and Dulbeco modified Eagles ' medium ) satisfactory plating and growth occurred with most media . |
| 8 | Keith Miller , prosecuting , said Mr Wray had returned home from the pub on a Sunday afternoon and approached Youngs ' friend to discuss a damaged fence . |
| 9 | They also dismissed Dickens ' evidence for the existence of widespread anti-clericalism and heresy on the eve of the Reformation , and argued that the vast majority of the laity were both well satisfied with their parish priests and orthodox in their doctrinal beliefs . |
| 10 | The Law Lords concurred with the Appeal Judges ' decision and dismissed Spicers ' appeal . |
| 11 | Shrewd passes from Spurdle underlined Ants ' confidence as they progressed to a big win . |
| 12 | Beyond that period , he had to be issued with a holding order and eventually served with allegations of his suspected terrorist activities which he could contest before a commissioner in a special ‘ Diplock ’ Detained Persons ' Tribunal . |
| 13 | The protest followed a front-page article in the Herald three weeks ago , which reported villagers ' concern , and reinforces views and suggestions put in a letter sent to the East Hampshire Road Safety Council last month . |
| 14 | It reads : ’ The director of medical services drew members ' attention to a recent article in the British Medical Journal which highlighted that , out of 18 clients treated , the 22.2 per cent . |
| 15 | ln addition we used voters ' degree of preference for their first-choice party ( over their second choice ) as yet another potential influence upon their ratings of the media 's usefulness . |
| 16 | While Nana denied that there were such things as duppies and forbade Martha to look under her old iron cot for them before she went to bed , Mada Joyce was expert on ghouls , ghosts , spirits and apparitions of all kinds , and had known a woman in another village who had actually seen the skinless old hag who sucked babies ' blood reach into the cradle of her new-born child and disappear with a shriek when she touched the Bible on the infant 's pillow . |
| 17 | Hippolytus fell out with Callistus , the archdeacon in charge of the cemeteries in the catacombs , and found Callistus ' election to be bishop more than he could endure , so he became bishop in rivalry . |
| 18 | Paul had been placed next to her , and when she looked across the table she caught Nicholas ' eye with its suggestion of complicity . |
| 19 | For the employers , that stake in personal power also provided , at no cost , the work that made miners ' work possible . |
| 20 | Sachs compared subjects ' performance with a variety of target sentence positions varying from 0 syllables delay ( for a sentence which had been heard immediately before the recognition test ) to 160 syllables delay ( for a sentence occurring relatively early in the passage ) . |
| 21 | There is no annual contribution if the RFL has not practised in an MNP or RB which has hold or received clients ' money . |
| 22 | The special levy , in years when it is levied , is payable where an RFL has held or received clients ' money in connection with an MNP , or where the MNP has held or received clients ' money . |
| 23 | The special levy , in years when it is levied , is payable where an RFL has held or received clients ' money in connection with an MNP , or where the MNP has held or received clients ' money . |
| 24 | ( i ) practised as a partner in a multi-national practice which held or received clients ' money ; or |
| 25 | ( ii ) been a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in a recognised body which held or received clients ' money ; or |
| 26 | ( iii ) been a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in a recognised body which directly or indirectly owned any share in another recognised body which held or received clients ' money ; |
| 27 | The latter consists of an ordinary annual contribution of £215 ( for 1991 – 92 ) where the solicitor has stated in his application that he has ( during the past practising year ) held or received clients ' money . |
| 28 | After complaints , Hounslow Council ruled that the store needed planning permission then rejected Harrods ' application . |
| 29 | Then came Louis ' voice , cold as dry ice , utterly controlled , utterly vicious : ‘ Drop it . ’ |
| 30 | Further pressure caused Mariners ' handling to deteriorate and with three penalties successfully kicked by Bannatyne , 'Mere were 13–0 up by halftime . |