Example sentences of "'s [noun] [coord] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex , her brother , was big enough to be included in the older children 's activities and without him she had felt unprotected . |
| 2 | At the end of both the Reeve 's Prologue and of his Tale , a measure-for-measure attitude to the governing of human affairs , and , most significantly , human relationships , is enunciated : and : with no sense anywhere of grace , mercy or forgiveness , the essentials for human salvation in the Christian view . |
| 3 | It is made clear that the boy was exposed to serious danger by his father 's irresponsibility and by his sisters ' departure : but his sisters had been exposed to this father too , and had had to defend themselves . |
| 4 | He was asked about the girl 's progress and about her ability ; he was asked for his impressions of the family . |
| 5 | Of course this film was a condemnation of sweat-shop conditions , and of course it was a melodrama in which poor girls have affairs with the boss 's sons and in which the heroine brandishes a gun in order to make one son do the honourable thing but above all it was a vehicle for a star who had already become one of Hollywood 's hottest properties . |
| 6 | His feet , shod in the long black leather boots of China 's Ming rulers , rested in the embrace of two reclining golden dogs carved in the throne 's base and in his hands he held an ivory wand bearing a tiny mirror , which , Tran Van Hieu had explained , he used to shield his face and demonstrate his symbolic humility before the spirits of his ancestors . |
| 7 | The order is in the opinion of the Secretary of State such as to give effect either to the Director 's proposals or to his proposal as modified by the Advisory Committee ; and |
| 8 | The gulf between this life and the next is bridged by God 's oneness and by his love and care over the living and the dead . |
| 9 | By mid-1991 several commoner MPs were calling openly for Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake 's resignation and for his replacement by an elected Prime Minister . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the story provoked questions as to Clinton 's honesty and to his possible misuse of influence in appointing Flowers to her current job in return for her silence . |
| 11 | After such a blow to belief in the government 's honesty and in its all-seeing ability to fix things , the leap to anti-communist opposition was all the easier to make . |
| 12 | Off that moment 's brink and into nothing |
| 13 | The decision was taken after other member countries refused to accept US demands for a reduction of its contribution to the ISO 's budget and for its redefinition as a " study group " rather than a body with price-stabilizing powers . |
| 14 | I should have known that Jean-Claude would wish to return to Paris a few days prior to the anniversary of Montaine 's death , a date embossed not only on his and Mme Guérigny 's mind but on my own . |
| 15 | At the emperor 's command and in his presence , the bishops , abbots , counts , and royal vassals holding benefices in the above-mentioned places , commended themselves to Charles and confirmed their fidelity with an oath . |
| 16 | Eating spaghetti , Clare began to suspect that James would rather talk about a relationship than have one ; wolfing boeuf bourguignon , she wondered whether James was flaunting his insecurities in order to attract the maternal feelings he clearly believed nestled within every woman 's breast- and from which Clare was trying to escape for the evening . |
| 17 | Creggan could not understand the Man 's words but to him they seemed to sound like that . |
| 18 | You do n't get the Egyptian women on their own either on the Prince 's boat or off it . |
| 19 | The first Cistercians were men who sought to return to the simplicity of Benedict 's Rule and to its strict observance which they argued had been altered out of all recognition by the Cluniacs who spent much of the day in a long and elaborate round of services in choir . |
| 20 | She knelt down and rolled them up Bella 's legs and over her swollen knees . |
| 21 | Edward II particularly profited from the almost unctuous service of Pope Clement V : he it was who absolved the king from Archbishop Winchelsey 's curses and from his own various oaths ; it was Clement who appointed Reynolds , the king 's chaplain and treasurer , to Worcester and translated him to Canterbury to the exclusion of the eminently qualified capitular candidate , Thomas de Cobham ; above all , Clement alleviated Edward 's poverty with papal subsidies . |
| 22 | Hendrique found himself unable to hold Graham 's gaze and in his disorientation he turned away , unconsciously easing the pressure on the pad . |
| 23 | She had brought a case for legal compensation for her dead children 's lives and for her own suffering and one of her few recorded public utterances was to call the first offer of compensation " pitiful " . |
| 24 | Stepping forward , Curtis tipped the can and began to pour its contents over the wounded killer 's clothing and into his lap . |
| 25 | What everybody must realize is this , the trade union movement is the meat on the Labour Party 's bones and without us the Party would be a skeleton , lost in a political wilderness . |
| 26 | What it 's like : soft , padded seat and padded neck support , with straps that go round mum 's waist and over her shoulders . |
| 27 | Engel is German by birth but has lived in Britain for the last 20 years , and this mixed background has been reflected not only in Melancholia 's plot but in its production history , as it has been co-financed by the British Film Institute and the Hamburg company Lichtblick . |
| 28 | We managed to save three with Maureen Edwards 's help and between us we nursed them back to health . |
| 29 | In the UK one 's first loyalty can be to one 's work and to one 's profession . |
| 30 | However , Vauxcelles 's original references to the ‘ cubes ’ in Braque 's work and to his ‘ bizarreries cubiques ’ had been intended disparagingly , and the term ‘ Cubism ’ continued to be applied by hostile critics to the work of the more advanced painters whom they could not understand or appreciate , and by perceptive critics to these same artists whom they considered to be pioneers in a new movement . |