Example sentences of "uncle 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He collects a motley crew of musicians and singers , drunken Deco , Dean with his uncle 's sax , Billy , who has to have his drums redeemed from the pawnbrokers , Joey ‘ The Lips ’ Fagan , and the girls Imelda , Natalie and Bernie . |
| 2 | ( The latter , of Lyon Cohen , a signal appraisement which finds similar expression in his uncle 's behaviour , as we shall presently see . ) |
| 3 | ‘ I did know , ’ he said ; then putting on the style , ‘ Your uncle 's grandaddy 's granddaddy , came over with that murthering bugger Cromwell , did he , English Jenny ? ’ |
| 4 | A painter whose pictures record the atrocities of the past , he acts as his uncle 's conscience and it is partly due to him that Singer — at the height of his spivvy , flashy success - throws himself into a Hampstead pond . |
| 5 | Moran had decided that they would go to the church in their uncle 's big old car . |
| 6 | The uncle 's car was an old Ford V8 with enormous fins and there was more than enough room for all of them in the back . |
| 7 | Her maternal uncle 's maternal niece . |
| 8 | How gay it was in spring , under the linden trees : people sauntering , the cafés full , everyone enjoying themselves , and to walk it now with — ’ he smiled again , an elderly uncle 's smile , recalling long lost days , when the linden trees bloomed along the avenue — ‘ with a pretty girl . |
| 9 | Determined to be her Uncle 's guide Erika said , ‘ I think that we are going the wrong way , Uncle . |
| 10 | Penelope , however , it had to be acknowledged , had made no attempt to rise above the blow she had been dealt by finding a dazzling girl of her own age favoured over herself in her uncle 's will . |
| 11 | McLeish , who remembered that she had been left £200,000 outright , received this as further evidence that the young woman had gone into a massive sulk after her uncle 's unexpected death . |
| 12 | Another medium ( whose West Midlands accent made ‘ yappy little dog ’ sound like ‘ yuppie little dog ’ ) guessed it right about Tom 's father and uncle 's great rivalry in gardening , especially who grew the best chrysanthemums ! |
| 13 | Hopkinson was educated at St Edward 's , Oxford , which he left at 16 for an apprenticeship in his uncle 's engineering firm at Manchester , where he joined the Territorial Army . |
| 14 | He himself believed he was his father 's son , and even more importantly , his uncle 's nephew , and that is what matters . |
| 15 | Mindful of the quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family which had marred his uncle 's coronation , Napoleon III may have felt it unwise to provide them with a similar occasion for bad manners . |
| 16 | His uncle 's axe was striking at his head . |
| 17 | The elder Pliny was full of curiosity at first , and planned to sail across in his galley for a closer look , but his nephew was not so keen on the idea , and turned down his uncle 's invitation to go along as well , pleading pressure of work . |
| 18 | Paddy offered it to him , with the slightest of smiles while Denis held the paten below his uncle 's chin . |
| 19 | In the summer of 1789 , after Wordsworth had become an undergraduate at St John 's College , Cambridge , a long visit to Dorothy at their uncle 's house in Norfolk confirmed between brother and sister a profound emotional sympathy which remained with them through life , and made them certain that , one day , they wished to share a home . |
| 20 | The Feldwebel had not moved and I looked all the way up his black leather jack-boots and the thin grey greatcoat with its cheap tin buttons looking as if they had come out of a Christmas pudding before I noticed that his eyes were slightly open and that he was watching me with an uncle 's amusement . |
| 21 | It was all there , faithfully recorded in his uncle 's stiff and formal style . |
| 22 | He could understand his uncle 's concern . |
| 23 | The Big Houses in the district were now mostly inhabited by people of his uncle 's generation . |
| 24 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 25 | Without his realising it , Alec 's voice had become as enthusiastic as his uncle 's . |
| 26 | My uncle 's steward . ’ |
| 27 | Although John was a partner every move was under his uncle 's direction . |
| 28 | Born John Fiott , he changed his name to Lee in 1815 in compliance with his uncle 's will . |
| 29 | And I recall when I was much younger when women did n't wear trousers at all , the novelty of putting on Uncle 's knee breeches , Jacket and coat , to go out to the fields . |
| 30 | I would go straight to bed after finishing my work with all my clothes on , including Uncle 's old tweed coat and socks . |