Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The existence of Finn 's Hotel helps to make an understanding of Finnegans Wake possible ; for too long those critic 's and scholar 's that have tried to make an assessment of the Wake have begun from the wrong premise . |
| 32 | ‘ So , ’ said Gedanken , ‘ everyone thinks their own life is normal , and it 's the other 's that 's gone wrong — going too fast or too slow . |
| 33 | Fabbiano was standing off to the side , his arm raised like a parade marshal 's as he directed the models off stage . |
| 34 | no this is this week 's that I , I missed out on them . |
| 35 | Perhaps a solution for the JTO 's that are finding difficulty in coping with the current situation would be for those of them that have both hard and grass courts at their club to run a two tier event , i.e. a Series tournament on the hard courts coupled with age group doubles and mixed on the grass . |
| 36 | She further declared that any charges of heresy against Pole would be heard in England , announcing in words ironically reminiscent of her father 's that : ‘ she would in observance of the laws and privileges of her realm , refer them [ the charges ] to the cognisance and decision of her own ecclesiastical courts . ’ |
| 37 | Social class was assigned using the patient 's occupation , the father 's if the patient was not employed , and the mother 's if no other occupation was available . |
| 38 | He spent the night in anguish , but later in some hope ; Dinah was spirited ; surely she would not endure this decision of her father 's as to her future ? |
| 39 | Would they all meet at Father 's as usual ? |
| 40 | You mean she 's actually washed the hand that lay palm to palm with Rainbow 's as they danced ? |
| 41 | Joe had letters ready to post to Littlewood 's and the grain merchant 's as soon as his ship docked , and within days was called to Littlewood 's Pools for an interview . |
| 42 | So , if talk of painting the town red brings the flaking bathroom walls to mind , in the only rush of spontaneity you can think of is your baby 's before you 've managed to get her clean nappy on , maybe you 're missing out . |
| 43 | Three quick wickets went down early on the fourth morning , the first being Boon 's as he strolled a single , only to be embarrassed by keeper Pandit 's throw to the far end . |
| 44 | Citizenship presumably had certain advantages which made it worth a man 's while taking it up , but in a period of increasing civic oligarchy one may wonder how greatly these outweighed the disadvantages . |
| 45 | Delaney countered , smothering the Russian 's arms as he came in close , face inches from the man 's as he yelled in Russian . |
| 46 | You ken your wee dixie 's that you for your grub . |
| 47 | Your life 's before you and I am left , |
| 48 | The local authority , on the other hand , say that ‘ the care given to the child ’ in section 31(2) ( b ) ( i ) means the care given by the mother to the child in this case and that , in any event , it is not clear that the child would go to the grandmother 's if a care order was not made , because the mother is still claiming , or was still claiming , that the care should be given to her . |
| 49 | His temperament , in fact , was rather more a golfer 's than a racing driver 's and I ca n't be sure that the likes of Arnold Palmer and other big sportsmen who 'd made good in the States were n't in some way role models for the young Mario . |
| 50 | Direct pressure over the wound , not your hand but the casualty 's if they 're still conscious blood clots yes , what 's helping it to clot is a special process in the blood |
| 51 | Doreen 's eyes became slits that rivalled Ling 's as they scanned Lucy 's tell-tale face . |
| 52 | Let's go and have a look at the , in case anybody over the road 's after it |
| 53 | One I mean one of the reason 's that we 've actually changed these round and and do n't think it 's right is because the has a there 's been a cut cut cost cutting exercise within the building . |
| 54 | So if you sort of see something then say what the hell 's that all about , er , I 'll try and talk you through it , and take away any fears that there may be . |
| 55 | what the hell 's that that 's just fell on his head ? |
| 56 | I du n no what this thing 's for I 'm sure . |
| 57 | Amiss had by now become so accustomed to the horrors of ffeatherstonehaugh 's that the appearance of their bedroom came as no surprise . |
| 58 | The male oriental fruit moth employs greater subterfuge by producing a scent similar to the female 's as soon as he arrives on the scene . |
| 59 | A knight broke through on his way to a local joust or tournament , his steel codpiece carved as large as a bull 's whilst the helmet which swung from his saddle bow was fashioned in the macabre mask of a hangman . |
| 60 | In general , these private archives served to make lineage history : a man kept his own papers , and his father 's and grandfather 's if he inherited them . |