Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] and [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to envisage the numbers it would be necessary to accommodate during this period , however I would estimate a rough requirement to accommodate 30 to 40 staff , although this would have to be kept under review in the light of the public 's response and changes required to known data . |
| 2 | The Society 's Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 1992 shows a surplus of £3.7m . |
| 3 | He was able to satisfy Royalist investigators that an out-payment which he had made in connection with the king 's trial and execution had simply been a routine matter , in no way implicating him in the actual regicide . |
| 4 | Later in the conflict , the light cruiser HMS Glamorgan was hit by an Exocet launched from a trailer on dry land , but the crew steered the ship so that the missile hit the vessel 's stem and Glamorgan survived . |
| 5 | Prentice 's foot and leg shuddered as he rolled on the grass . |
| 6 | Neither player could calculate all the possibilities , but Yusupov 's judgement and bravery paid off . |
| 7 | He emphasized that Britain 's weakness and vulnerability robbed that country of the options which the United States still possessed in dealings with the USSR ; hence the British interest in peaceful co-existence . |
| 8 | The silence was deliberate on Trent 's part and Gomez seemed content to wait . |
| 9 | Chant 's skin and syntax carried traces of the immigrant . |
| 10 | ‘ Actually , there 's quite a good exchange on those lines in Catch-22 , the movie — much underrated film — which is n't in the book , so Buck Henry must have written it , where Nately 's been killed and Yossarian 's been to Milo 's whorehouse to see Nately 's whore and Milo 's picked him up in the half-track and he 's saying Nately died a rich man ; he had such-and-such a number of shares in M&M enterprises , and Yossarian says — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That does n't surprise me ; the old man was fond of cats so Sara decided to be allergic to cat 's fur and father encouraged the neighbourhood moggies into his office with kitchen scraps . |
| 12 | Where roads are crossed , raised crossings are provided , with ramps from the road up to the cycle-street 's level and markings to indicate clearly that it is crossing cars that must give way . |
| 13 | All Nicandra remembered about that race meeting was her pure delight at getting the longest possible odds on Lal 's runner and Lal buying a bottle of champagne after her race , the three of them were celebrating when she remembered her tryst with Robert . |
| 14 | My partner and I — ’ she nodded in Steve 's direction and Fernando glanced across the room and immediately brought his eyes back to hers , but now they were darker and not so warm ‘ — we have our own incentive travel marketing company , ’ she went on , wondering at the change in his eyes . |
| 15 | From this darkly humorous curtain-raiser , Scorsese steps back in time to Henry 's adolescence and time spent as a local don 's errand boy . |
| 16 | From this darkly humorous curtain-raiser , Scorsese steps back in time to Henry 's adolescence and time spent as a local don 's errand boy . |
| 17 | Kee showed her the stone on his grandfather 's grave and Karen read the words slowly . |
| 18 | The book also records the 1972 National Federation of Fish Friers conference at the Park Hotel , Tynemouth , where the president 's banquet and ball cost £2.50 and delegates were entrailed in a debate about what to do with chicken giblets . |
| 19 | Alternatively people whose predominant coping strategy is to blame , project and rationalize may find themselves drifting towards isolation as well , as other people 's patience and tolerance wear thin . |
| 20 | They can rightly be described as such because in each case the plaintiff 's freedom and ability to earn a living was affected . |
| 21 | But , you were saying erm your dad 's mum and dad had been |
| 22 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |
| 23 | Her reaction would be does Emma 's mum and dad know . |
| 24 | One of the reasons they all became friends was that Wally 's mum and dad did n't mind that he bunked off school all the time . |
| 25 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
| 26 | In his heart Gaveston knew that young Edward quite liked the clerk ; admired the man 's fidelity and unwillingness to criticise him to his terrible father . |
| 27 | Among positive rights , we should include the rights : to have all one 's experience and knowledge assessed in the admissions process ; to determine the subjects studied ; to have a legitimate measure of control over the pace and the methods of study ; to be able to follow a particular academic interest , or develop a point of view of one 's own ; to be examined in ways which do justice to the student 's achievements ; and to be credited with those parts of a course which have been passed successfully ( should the student wish or need to move to another institution , or to take a break in the programme of study ) . |
| 28 | The weekly title soundbites are of Big Ron jangling his jewellery at Villa , George Graham shouting at his Arsenal players , Graeme Souness moaning at Liverpool 's luck and Fergie doing a dance to exorcise the ghost of United 's past champions . |
| 29 | On March 11 an estimated 50,000 protesters supported a petition calling on Slovakia 's parliament and government to adopt " immediately " a declaration of sovereignty . |
| 30 | THE bitter tussle between Russia 's parliament and government appeared to be drawing to a close last night after preliminary approval was given to a compromise that would allow President Yeltsin 's administration to continue its reforms . |