Example sentences of "'s [noun] [adv] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 2 | He would learn morality by observing people 's reactions when he performed unsocial actions ; but he would never be punished . |
| 3 | So we were gon na go to The Two Mills but I 've heard about the Miller 's Kitchen so I thought , we 'll try it . |
| 4 | When she had left Madam Lundy 's presence earlier she had been shivering with reaction , but that had now passed , leaving her calm , her options clear . |
| 5 | It was Steve McQueen who was picked to play the French criminal determined to escape from Devil 's Island where he has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a pimp , of which he claims he is innocent . |
| 6 | Her hair 's nice is n't it , Laura 's hair now it 's been cut ? |
| 7 | Agnes Diggory was saying , dragging at Araminta 's shoulders where she sat , her laughter quenched , tears streaming down her face . |
| 8 | Not one word on the environment passed the Prime Minister 's lips when he welcomed the Queen 's Speech at the start of this Session . |
| 9 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 10 | Well once I get my claim money I 'm gon na give her about two hundred of it that 'll help her anyway and with Thomas 's wedding like she had to pay like , how much was it she says ? |
| 11 | that 's what I was saying about Geoff 's car really you know that chap taking it and righting off and we did n't got a penny for it , I ca , I ca n't see how that 's right ! |
| 12 | All he seemed to be able to concentrate on was the small dimple that appeared to the left of Julia 's mouth whenever she smiled her rather lopsided smile . |
| 13 | It was music to a Scotsman 's ears when he said he owed everyone in Scotland a drink , but many were sure it was only an empty promise uttered in the heat of the moment . |
| 14 | Whenever Jacob was meeting Deirdre outside college hours he waited for her at the bottom of Patrick 's Hill where it joined King Street . |
| 15 | Silcock , who explains in this week 's issue why she supports community supervision orders , said Ben consistently failed to take prescribed drugs . |
| 16 | Revelation came and sat in the shade of Masquerade 's bows where she plucked two chickens that I suspected had been killed in honour of my return to the island . |
| 17 | Lloyd George received a hero 's welcome wherever he went , but then so did Churchill in 1945 , and it is impossible to tell now whether Lloyd George would have fared so well if he had had Liberals rather than Unionists at his back . |
| 18 | Conference , if you think back to all those times that you have sat at home watching the news after a day 's work like I have , and listen carefully to what is being said , you may well have been horrified and saddened to hear the many stories appertaining to people who have had accidents or died due to the fact that the machine they have been driving has been too powerful . |
| 19 | DANCER Bryony Brind , above , is the star attraction of this winter 's London City Ballet season at Sadler 's Wells when she dances Juliet to Mark Silver 's Romeo . |
| 20 | When we went to er Zoe 's place there they 'd got some tins , that Megazone tin what I 've got |
| 21 | It 's not only Austin Rover 's buildings here which seem a far cry from Cowley . |
| 22 | He did wonders for Oracle Corp 's revenues when he ran its European arm . |
| 23 | Tears ran down the old man 's cheeks when he heard that . |
| 24 | It 's not like other people 's places where you have to rake your shoes off when you go in . |
| 25 | I asked him from which part of that county he came and when he said Preston , I told him of my own connections and was amazed to find that his parents had kept the shop in St. Paul 's Road where I had gone to buy sweets in 1920 . |
| 26 | Ever since that ghastly winter 's night when she had come back from Wimbledon and said she was pregnant . |
| 27 | I had to clear up Elise 's affairs when she died . ’ |
| 28 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
| 29 | David acknowledged the complexity of Peru 's problems yet he remained an optimist , becoming most heated when he talked about those who repeated endlessly that Peru was a poor country . |
| 30 | Back in Endell Street queasiness set in with the raid 's aftermath yet it blended with a certain sense of excitement . |