Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | England 's supporters will be punished for their team 's success in the European Championship . |
| 2 | WOULD-BE MP No rent had been paid since July last year but arrears up to the end of November were already the subject of a previous court order and Mr Finnegan had arranged for his wife 's small income to be made available to cover those . |
| 3 | As befits a member of the millionaire class , we 've arranged for your family 's private jet to take you to Moscow . |
| 4 | Not only will you have to bend too much ( putting an enormous strain on your back ) , the mattress will absorb all the necessary pressure intended for your partner 's body . |
| 5 | Are they designed for my child 's safety , security of mind and social training , rather than just for my convenience ? |
| 6 | Another leading Democrat widely perceived as a contender for the party 's next presidential nomination , Governor Mario Cuomo of New York , had announced his intention on June 4 to run for a third term and was automatically nominated as his party 's choice . |
| 7 | Diana was blamed for her husband 's change of heart . |
| 8 | And my Dad used to say Go to Mr 's , and tell him you 've come for your Dad 's meat . |
| 9 | Nancy , who had been in the Waaf two weeks longer than me , was recommended for her Corporal 's stripes . |
| 10 | you put them in the pram but she 's looked after her neighbour 's two children has n't she ? |
| 11 | However , under King Henry 's harsh but effective rule , England had remained peaceful , so nothing had ever come of her father 's plans and Isabel was free to indulge her girlhood dreams in the quiet haven , shut off from the bustle and constant noise of castle life . |
| 12 | Being cradled against her mother 's soft warm body , Dot tried to feel like a baby , to remember what she had seen through the crack in the double doors as Gloria had cradled Baby against her while the nurses gathered round with protective outstretched arms . |
| 13 | Whatever the reason , Toks ' tighthead failed to get down and his head smashed against his opposition 's shoulder . |
| 14 | Scales said , ‘ It looks bad for young Choak ; in his case there 's a double motive , the money which he stole and has to pay back and what he could reasonably have expected under his uncle 's will . ’ |
| 15 | We watch him , as it were , standing back rather too obviously from his work , its rhythms and syntax , its narrative tricks and technical effects suffused with their author 's pleasure in his own accomplishment . |
| 16 | Lever-arch files are useful for medical records , discovery documents and trial bundles , and can be embossed with your firm 's logo . |
| 17 | All stylishly embossed with your club 's emblem . |
| 18 | ‘ How are you this morning ? ’ enquired Melissa , holding out a hand for Snappy to lick and noticing with relief that some of the strain had lifted from her friend 's face . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , a close relationship was sustained , each Sunday evening saw the three brothers and their wives and children gathering together at Rachel Cohen 's home in highly convivial mood , Leonard 's grandmother being especially delighted in her firstborn 's firstborn . |
| 20 | She sat down in the one comfortable chair ; it had come from their housekeeper 's room , and had found its way to Billy 's kitchen , like the strip of Turkey carpet with the hole in the middle . |
| 21 | The best Camembert that Isobel had ever tasted , which the patron said proudly had come from his brother 's farm , in the Auge region of Normandy — the only Camemberts worth buying , he assured them , came from there . |
| 22 | Patients who persist in calling out doctors at night for minor problems could face penalties or risk being dropped from their doctor 's list . |
| 23 | She beamed at two scruffy little girls who were pushing a doll 's pram , grotesquely shod in their mother 's high-heeled shoes . |
| 24 | I tried to say , ‘ I 've come in your caddie 's place ’ , but I could n't get it all out . |
| 25 | She remembered the laughter and the happy times they had enjoyed in her father 's cottage , where ‘ meat once a week ’ would have been luxury indeed . |
| 26 | He later recalled the days spent in the ‘ painting room ’ immersed in his father 's collection of books and pictures as the happiest of his life . |
| 27 | A dependent wife 's pension is included in her husband 's income and is offset against the married man 's tax allowance . |
| 28 | a wife 's income is not included in her husband 's return . |
| 29 | A stockbroker will qualify provided his business includes the management of trusts and any remuneration as trustee is included in his firm 's trading profits . |
| 30 | He added that a draft directive standardising safety signing — making a lot of UK signs obsolete — could also be included in his committee 's report . |