Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first hint that Hills might be interested in a group pensions plan came when the company 's Board asked him to arrange a formal briefing . |
| 2 | Whereupon Debenham 's counsel said he had no more questions to ask the actress . |
| 3 | The court 's verdict on Jampa Ngodrup 's case said he had asked a young monk working at the Barkor Clinic to compile a list of people detained as a result of violent clashes between police forces and demonstrators on 5 March 1988 . |
| 4 | Gentlemen did n't clout their womenfolk about , beat them , bruise them , tie them up and whip them … or whatever jolly games Johnny 's preferences led him to pursue . |
| 5 | But currently she 's by Jason ( Beverly Hills 90210 ) Priestly 's side in the video for Roy Orbison 's chart hit I Drove All Night . |
| 6 | Georgina 's civility made her feel queasy . |
| 7 | Cos she asked last night , I was supposed to be taking Jenny and then when Fay came she asked me if I 'd take Fay as well today so it looks as though Charlotte 's mum did everybody took everybody home . |
| 8 | The hostile reception of Alford 's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech . |
| 9 | As Penry 's breathing quickened she pushed herself closer without shame , desperate to keep him with her , fired with triumph at getting her own way rather than with sexual response when he laid her flat on the bed . |
| 10 | Dušan 's ambition led him to aspire to the throne of Byzantium . |
| 11 | But to survive an arrow a mile from a road with a killer around to make sure I did n't make it … where in one 's mind did one search for the will to survive that ? |
| 12 | people who were not regular paper readers relied more on television , while Guardian readers relied more on the press ; but a plurality of every other paper 's readers said they found press and television equally useful . |
| 13 | Her fellow passenger 's action showed she had also lost her royal mystique and air of untouchability — after all , no one would previously have dared ask the future queen for an autograph . |
| 14 | To be sure of providing physicists with details of the world beyond the standard model , the SSC 's designers decided it had to be able to make particles with masses of one trillion electron volts ( 1TeV ) . |
| 15 | Yeah , Stuart 's card did you get a card off ? |
| 16 | Athelstan 's pleasure increased when-he saw that Benedicta , her hair now braided and hidden under a wimple , had a small basket by her side in preparation for their journey to Smithfield . |
| 17 | Thomas 's eyes forced her to take account of something different in herself and to begin to value it . |
| 18 | Again , Jasper 's eyes demanded they chance it ; they walked smartly up out of the Underground on the other side , and saw two policemen — different ones — coming towards them . |
| 19 | But then he looked at Chen and saw how his friend 's eyes urged him to take Karr 's hand . |
| 20 | Mr Guerin 's lawyer said he had advised Mr Guerin to say as little as possible for the time being . |
| 21 | Bede 's methods led him to give 680 for a year he would otherwise have thought of as 679 . |
| 22 | If he has been known at all to movie-goers thus far , it 's been as Spike Lee 's cinematographer : even when Lee 's brashness caused you to squirm in your seat , you still have something pretty marvellous to look at , and that 's Ernest Dickerson 's work . |
| 23 | DEC 's demonstration showed it running with 256Mb internal and 852Mb disk , and says it had it running with 4Gb external in the labs . |
| 24 | And so after a month or so 's arrears accumulated she got the inevitable form — an eviction notice . |
| 25 | But when Bernard 's plan backfired I needed you alive in case you could lead me to Graham . |
| 26 | New ship 's boy did you say , Captain Meredith ? ’ |
| 27 | Similarly circumspect , George Stephen granted Clarkson priority in time but underlined how Wilberforce 's prominence enabled him to make a public issue of the slave trade in a way Clarkson could never have done . |
| 28 | In fact , Rabbit need n't have that belief : he might have forgotten all about his honey until Pooh 's question made him look for it . |
| 29 | Rozier 's suspenison meant him missing several preliminary rounds and he needs a high placing in today 's last qualifier to reach the final . |
| 30 | For a moment , Trish 's laughter made me regret leaving the chummy , easy-going atmosphere of Winston Street . |