Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun prp] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Northern Territory Attorney-General , Daryl Manzie , told the parliament in Darwin yesterday that he was denying the Chamberlains ' request for confidentiality because the claim for legal expenses was almost double the figure given in a submission last year . |
| 2 | His second in command in 7 Staffel , Klaus Mietusch , was to rise to the rank of Major , gaining the Knights ' Cross and a credited 72 victories before he too fell to U.S. fighter pilots in September 1944 . |
| 3 | The government plan to help private operators by robbing the Railworkers ' Pension Fund of millions of pounds to subsidize their operations for passenger and freight on a scale that B R have never ever known . |
| 4 | As they reached the privet hedge fronting the Newleys ' garden , he was fervently grateful to have a last-minute reprieve : the drawing-room curtains were n't thick enough to conceal the light behind them . |
| 5 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 6 | The duke therefore had to be satisfied with rather less permanent methods of limiting the Woodvilles ' power . |
| 7 | The duke therefore had to be satisfied with rather less permanent methods of limiting the Woodvilles ' power . |
| 8 | Their misery was complete when the previous night vandals had visited their camp site and caused considerable damage , including slitting the Cartwrights ' tent . |
| 9 | And it had made unhitching the Lorrimores ' car a comparatively quick and easy job . |
| 10 | The blast wrecked 100 houses and injured 11 civilians , belying the Provos ' claim the mortar caused ‘ minimum lateral damage ’ . |
| 11 | I used it every day in my writing and after reading the Simontons ' book Getting Well Again , had started toying with it as an anti-cancer technique almost as soon as I left hospital . |
| 12 | What 's involved in putting a Crowes ' song together ? |
| 13 | He opened and closed the back door , taking care to slam it , and returned to the hall , whistling a Beatles ' song , ‘ Ca n't Buy Me Love ’ . |
| 14 | Following the Playnes ' departure in 1891 , the mill was bought by W. Walker and Son , hosiery manufacturers from Nottingham . |
| 15 | The post of chief whip was exceptionally demanding at this time because of the constitutional crisis following the Lords ' rejection of the 1909 budget , and the Liberals ' dependence on the Irish party . |