Example sentences of "'s [verb] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping up appearances at work is paying off — a recent survey has revealed that women now account for 26% of managerial posts — a figure that 's trebled since the late 1970's . |
| 2 | ‘ His back 's healed and the fever 's gone , miss , though he 's still not himself , ’ Jess said , wishing she could get back to her work and the oblivion of the kitchen . |
| 3 | The two erm handlers here , I do n't know whether there 's one who 's handling and the other one 's just sort of having a chat with him about but , you know , they they 're important in the picture but they 're not er you know , the horses completely dominate the , the two people in the picture . |
| 4 | We 're back in the trenches of World War One , it 's raining and the men are ankle-deep in mud . |
| 5 | It 's puzzling that the British public seems to share this feeling of worship for Russian dancers , yet does n't extend anything like the same respect to its own . |
| 6 | Well , the best thing about the course is , I think , that you get an all-round view of how it 's arranged and the time aspect of the information flow — that it takes a long time for information to reach the books and compendia etc . |
| 7 | Being at eye-level , you can easily see what 's cooking and the burner lights instantly with the touch of the ignition button . |
| 8 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 9 | Once again it 's claimed that the algae is toxic enough to kill animals , specifically two dogs according to the Glasgow Daily Record . |
| 10 | Again it 's claimed that the smallest unit — the 300 — can be used on fishtanks . |
| 11 | It 's claimed that the fox is a predator , killing lambs and free range chickens and must be controlled ; an argument not accepted by the RSPCA . |
| 12 | It 's claimed that the laser-engraved cards are fraud-proof at a cost of £1.20 each to produce , compared with 25p for the old cards It 's an investment that the industry hopes will beat the fraudsters hands down . |
| 13 | It 's claimed that the jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for . |
| 14 | It 's claimed that the secret GCHQ listening centre is even trawling through personal phone calls abroad in its search for useful information . |
| 15 | He 's claimed that the drug he took was only for his asthma , and was NOT on the list of banned substances . |
| 16 | It 's claimed as the hangar burned the two men were seen pointing at the flames and laughing . |
| 17 | that what 's happening that the end of ninth year is an important time in terms of er er measuring er their pupils er relative success . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't understand what 's happening but the telemetric system that controls the flow of gas from the whole of the Hewett , Leman and Shaun fields has gone berserk . |
| 19 | Thank you for that , er it 's not , it 's not easy ground and I do appreciate with which it 's happening and the lack of sarcasm that is occurring . |
| 20 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 21 | Booth says there is ‘ real interest ’ in the team 's work from established staff and it 's expected that the programme will prove useful to many people within the business . |
| 22 | It 's expected that the Government will off-load most of its 1.35 billion BT shares in late June or early July . |
| 23 | It 's expected that the flotation will take place in early June . |
| 24 | You 're not the only person who 's noticed that the world 's complicated and everyone 's different , Caro . |
| 25 | Carol 's dancing and her sister Suzette 's acting provided the inspiration for the Minogue sisters — Danielle or Dannii as she was known in the clan was also showing signs of talent — and the pair loved nothing better than play acting at home . |
| 26 | But it 's important that he should recognise the damage he 's done and the pain she has felt . |
| 27 | I noticed also that the chief executive of Courtauld 's said that the Labour party 's proposals for a statutory minimum wage would lead to big job losses . |
| 28 | Stan Wilson became a sergeant in the Army Educational Corps ‘ it 's said that the only battle they ever won was the 1945 General Election for Labour ’ before spending 34 years at what he terms the chalk face . |
| 29 | A working party 's recommending that the existing outdoor pool at Edmunds Park should be shut and that an indoor one should be opened to replace it . |
| 30 | Although he 's travelled all over the world taking stills , Mexico and the Bahamas last year , Thailand and Kampuchea before that , of all the beautiful places he 's visited and the stunning scenery he 's witnessed , his favourite place is the bottom of the sea . |