Example sentences of "'s [verb] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noel 's preaching continued as before . |
| 2 | Isabel 's trembling increased as she saw what was happening . |
| 3 | He 's acting busy because Alejandro 's here . ’ |
| 4 | and it 's called mediant because it lies exactly half way between the first note and the fifth note which is also a very important note in the scale , which we 'll come to in a minute . |
| 5 | It 's called swan-upping because ’ Swan Up ! ’ is what you shout when you see one . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's called silent because there are not verbal ‘ gags ’ , but there is talking . |
| 7 | It 's getting light as we scramble down one side of a blown bridge across a river , then scramble up the other side , slipping down , and pulling each other up again until we are all assembled on a grassy bank . |
| 8 | Yeah , mine 's getting heavy as well , we need a carrier bag . |
| 9 | ‘ A body corporate or an unincorporated association shall not be appointed as , or be permitted to continue as , a member 's appointed representative unless the member is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the controllers , directors and senior management of that body or association are of good character and are competent and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on the member 's behalf . |
| 10 | It should be remembered that a company can only be the firm 's appointed representative if the firm accepts responsibility for the whole of the investment business it carries on on the firm 's behalf . |
| 11 | It 's much more fun to go into battle with someone who 's fighting fit than to beat up a victim who 's languishing after a bout of disastrous presentation . |
| 12 | Herod 's still at it , but this time he 's feeling worried because so many people keep telling him how wonderful this Jesus person is . |