Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The borough 's providing spaces for people to enjoy themselves . |
| 2 | The residents of these four townships constitute 12 per cent of Wirral 's total population , yet between them they contain 38 per cent of the borough 's known opioid users . |
| 3 | Although the unemployment rate in Wirral in 1985 stood at 20 per cent , 87 per cent of the borough 's known opioid users were unemployed , and strong correlations were found throughout the borough between level of opioid use , unemployment and social deprivation . |
| 4 | My jeep 's broken down . ’ |
| 5 | Today the black ghetto 's become a model for everybody 's experience : the city 's no longer a place of opportunity but a ‘ hell ’ to be survived . |
| 6 | By 1971 , the Library Association 's recommended standards of library provision in Colleges of Technology and other establishments of further education stated : |
| 7 | She concerned herself with standards of education , participating in this Association 's examining activities . |
| 8 | Yes I think the skirt 's gon na be very useful actually . |
| 9 | But her silky skirt 's climbing high , and so 's his respiration . |
| 10 | However advantageous it may be either ideologically or strategically to view Nizan 's communist itinerary from a post-Stalinist perspective , the result of such perceptions is merely to obliterate the reality of Nizan 's lived experience beneath contemporary images and stereotypes . |
| 11 | Ahead of the desert water bag slung on the turret side the brigade 's painted red jerboa sign can be made out . |
| 12 | ‘ Because of the British side 's sticking to its erroneous stand , the two sides were divided on some major issues of principle , ’ said Ambassador Ke . |
| 13 | And Oxford fans will be taking heart that the side 's enjoying a good run at the moment and may yet avoid relegation . |
| 14 | My girlfriend 's trying to sell that . |
| 15 | Your girlfriend 's started singing . |
| 16 | ‘ My girlfriend 's coming again today , ’ he said proudly . |
| 17 | You 're outrageous you are , you 've got to have the gift of the gab in the first place , that 's just to walk into a shop or office and , my girlfriend 's think that 's what chain |
| 18 | Water authority prospectuses will carry a ‘ health warning ’ about the Opposition 's stated intention of bringing the industry back into public ownership . |
| 19 | But yesterday , as B&I showed off its 20,000 tonne vessel , the Isle of Innisfree , to travel agents , local civic leaders and the media , company officials said they were not worried by the opposition 's planned move . |
| 20 | ‘ We could say Kylie 's just having fun , being a big kid , giving us a giggle ; but then the grown up Kylie goes and writes a caption to go with the picture , ’ began the psychologist 's summing up . |
| 21 | ‘ That one probably will , ’ said Rachel with a laugh , then , seeing Nina 's expression , she explained , ‘ I had a message to say our new MO 's arrived ; I thought I should be here . ’ |
| 22 | Years ago , on Microdisney 's ‘ Bluerings ’ , he tagged himself ‘ Scum condensed of Irish bog/Ruffian , traitor , demagogue — that 's me , ’ and , though the music 's changed radically , the persona 's stayed the same , highly strung and highly sprung . |
| 23 | ‘ OK , the shooting 's stopped and we 're all parked up outside the Butcher Building . |
| 24 | ‘ Naturally I want to be sure that we have very precise data about radon 's limited and localised occurrence . |
| 25 | If a sum greater than that paid in is not recovered at the trial , the plaintiff will be liable for the defendant 's taxed costs from the time of the payment in , even though he or she has ‘ won ’ the action . |
| 26 | According to the evidence at the trial , only Zaidie bore witness to the defendant 's telephoned confession , but the defence might have promoted a viable theory of conspiracy if they had been able to show that Matadial had also testified to a confession , then resiled from it in her deposition , taken the offensive again in her addendum and finally opted for a female voice in her evidence . |
| 27 | It was only the last and biggest headline-grabber — Sir James Goldsmith 's failed bid in 1989 for B.A.T Industries — that threatened to bring junk to London . |
| 28 | Whereas if you go for a degree of inequality within the countryside , A you will have , you might get the same , same tax yield because you , you have a higher rate of tax on the rich and their revenue 's going up so that tax revenue will increase |
| 29 | First of all , he 's got a general election coming up and we do n't know what its result 's going to be and it may disappoint him , he may find that the Parliament he has to work with is not going to be of the same cast of mind as himself . |
| 30 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |