Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [pron] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | She glanced through Nina 's notes for her Editor 's piece at the front of the magazine and since it was by no means complete , jotted down some further ideas . |
| 2 | Some day , he promised himself , he would discover the reasons for his mother 's obsessions . |
| 3 | She felt this would make her ‘ singled out ’ , so she preferred to take on similar clerical work doing the accounts for her father 's farming business . |
| 4 | And , quite apart from demonstrating maturity by dismissing the incident and behaving normally , if she could manage to be polite to this man there was just a chance she might discover some clues to his plans for her family 's business . |
| 5 | If your account is not paid within the three-week period you may then present a petition to the High Court or one of the country 's County Courts for your debtor 's bankruptcy . |
| 6 | Run your fingers through your partner 's hair several times , allowing your fingers to brush the scalp . |
| 7 | I believe the release of all your prisoners for my cousin 's freedom would better suffice . ’ |
| 8 | However not all respondents were able to do so and a number of them gave figures for exports during their company 's financial year . |
| 9 | However , not all respondents were able to do so and a number of them gave figures for exports during their company 's financial year . |
| 10 | Before leaving this particular mystery , we should repeat that there is good proof that the direction of the Earth 's magnetic field has indeed flipped many times during our planet 's lifetime . |
| 11 | urge them to seek regular discussions about their children 's progress ; |
| 12 | Along with Clary , however , Merton tends towards discussions about his auntie 's table napkins rather than cracking a string of Stalinist corkers . |
| 13 | Paul has not taken his eyes off his lover 's face . |
| 14 | Taylor wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team 's ability to reach the World Cup finals . |
| 15 | In a private postscript added surreptitiously to one of Wolfgang 's letters home from Paris , Frau Mozart had also expressed her anxieties about her son 's infatuation with the Webers ; as soon as Wolfgang met someone new , he seemed at once ready to dedicate himself to them body and soul , without thinking of his own interests . |
| 16 | He was probably preparing the offices for his master 's return . |
| 17 | 17 , too , does not treat wives who become sureties for their husband 's debts any differently from other sureties . |
| 18 | It was clear that Anna had no worries about her husband 's attempts to flirt ; it must be wonderful , Merrill reflected , stirring her coffee , to have that kind of trust , that complete security in love . |
| 19 | A hundred pictures for my heart 's delight . |
| 20 | The incident came just five days after a pitch invasion by Manchester City fans during their side 's 4–2 FA Cup defeat at home to Tottenham , which was screened live on television . |
| 21 | JOHN PERKINS , the Pontypool coach , got off the players ' bench at Rodney Parade to have a ‘ quiet word ’ with some rowdy fans during his side 's 10–10 draw with Newport . |
| 22 | MILLWALL boss Mick McCarthy filled the air with superlatives after his side 's thrilling comeback . |
| 23 | For about fifteen months after her husband 's death she felt driven into these encounters . |
| 24 | The marriage produced four sons and three daughters , the youngest of whom was born seven months after her husband 's death , at the age of forty-one , in the influenza epidemic of 1918 . |
| 25 | For ten months after his father 's death he had unquestioningly taken the same train home , cooked a meal to be eaten at 7.30 ( as he had always done when his parents were alive ) , watched television , made a cup of tea at 9.30 ( as he had done when his parents were alive ) , and gone to bed . |
| 26 | The first thing she would have to do was to raise some capital so that she could rescue something from the dregs of her father 's business . |
| 27 | If you think about and watch the settings of your child 's behaviour , it may be that he or she behaves in a non-compliant way , or has a tantrum on some occasions but not others ; that is , some situations seem to act as cues for him or her to behave in a particular way . |
| 28 | After some months , the baby learns to walk along branches by holding onto the hairs of its mother 's rump . |
| 29 | He reached for a half loaf of bread with both hands and said , by the six hairs of his grandmother 's beard , they were doing very well out of all this . |
| 30 | His parents seemed to have given him every encouragement and his first poems were imitations of his father 's songs . |