Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 Joe is Pip 's brother-in-law and he suffers with Pip at the start as Pip regards him as a youthful counterpart and describes him as
32 He was obviously Garry 's brother-in-law and he had mistaken her for Dana .
33 No some people it if their hair 's dark and it do n't matter what length
34 I work for Team Sport Scotland and part of my reignement is erm coordinator for women and girl 's football and I find that with the equal opportunities policies of many of the education regions now that more football is being played in primary and in secondary school and the district councils I go to visit I would say that the majority of them are definitely wanting to put money into promoting girl 's and women 's football .
35 Tweed put an affectionate hand on Paula 's neck and she managed a wan smile .
36 They were sitting in Jacob 's study and he looked from his sister to his father in amazement .
37 Tutorial Classes continued to be seen as the most important element in the WEA 's programme and there had been some increase in their provision in recent years .
38 It is this point which was recognised in the Government 's review and which led to the intention to phase out drift-netting .
39 ‘ Luke 's coming and I do n't want to see him ; I could n't bear it . ’
40 He picks me up in his mother 's car and we drive through Colonia Escalon to a roundabout where cars park beside Snack stalls .
41 our Colin 's car and he said and I 'll shop and that 's when he told me about Margaret .
42 A cross-wind batted Jackson 's car and he twitched the wheel to correct the sudden drift .
43 and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet !
44 I am grateful for the Minister 's reply and I know that she will have been as horrified as the rest of us by the images and the conflict that was reported from Somalia last weekend .
45 Until I can do this , the entire complex cascade I have described in the previous section , and which has taken a decade of work to map , might simply turn out to be a consequence of a bad taste in the chick 's mouth and nothing to do with learning and memory at all .
46 The succulent fish turned to sawdust in Polly 's mouth and she had difficulty swallowing .
47 Then I moved into the driver 's seat and we drove on .
48 She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town .
49 She was part Mulholland on her mother 's side and she knew we had fallen from the middle class or , to be precise , that her mother had married down , even though she loved her father .
50 The traffic was too heavy for her to go to the driver 's side and she stormed along the pavement to the offending car and opened the passenger door .
51 She realised that she had imposed on Miss Hatherby 's kindness and she blushed for her lack of consideration .
52 Rumours have circulated Manchester for some time over Sharpe 's future and they intensified after he was sent home from pre-season training with what United described as a virus .
53 In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong .
54 Our offer secures Wheway 's future and I urge Wheway 's board to recommend it . ’
55 If the guests wo n't dance when the host expects them to , has depended on them to , that 's the band 's fault and they do n't get paid , or only after an argument .
56 Erm in the afternoon at St William 's College and I think that 's ab I do n't know what it 's about two pounds fifty or something .
57 my mother 's cardigan and no-one came .
58 Soviet spokesmen expected the Third World states to form a strong constituency of support for Brezhnev 's plan and they chose their arguments accordingly .
59 Take the word ‘ vibe ’ out of the Dublin hipster 's vocabulary and you render him speechless .
60 ‘ I take six of the younger ones out on Vita 's Girl and we see how they shake down . ’
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