Example sentences of "'s [that] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to his arrival Sotheby 's ( still specialising heavily in books at this date ) had an unwritten agreement with Christie 's that they sent them any pictures brought to their offices and in return Christie 's sent them any books they received for sale . |
| 2 | But how many 's that they had , nine ? |
| 3 | He had , of course , known those grandparents whose glamour made Alexandra 's existence so difficult , but he saw them in a light so different from his wife 's that they seemed hardly the same people . |
| 4 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 5 | It was known at Cadogan 's that she had once fallen from a horse while out hunting and had broken her collarbone , but continued to follow the hounds for the rest of the day until she collapsed as they ran the fox to earth . |
| 6 | yeah , but she they did n't get the one 's that , she could n't get the one 's that she wanted cos they did n't have enough |
| 7 | Oh so and was it all sort of erm erm society do 's that you went to and cocktails and things like |
| 8 | ‘ It was my idea as much as Jeff 's that I went with him . ’ |
| 9 | If I left a table in Fif 's that I 'd just acquired , I might attract attention . |
| 10 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 11 | The only good news to offset my ‘ disgrace ’ was that Father had proved such a success at Marconi 's that he had been appointed an assistant manager in the research department dealing with radio materials . |
| 12 | It was no fault of Harry 's that he had been mistakenly put in the care of such people , although there was nothing to be said against the Pritchetts — a decent , hard-working family — other than their class . |
| 13 | The strange boy 's eyes seemed to penetrate so deeply into Willie 's that he felt sure he could read his thoughts . |