Example sentences of "[noun] 's [noun sg] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Very Old Fish , who is so old he ca n't remember his age , Hangle who spends most of his time hidden in the wardrobe , and the Drawer People , who are forever sneaking out to make mischief , are just some of the very odd characters who share Wizadora 's house and her often chaotic adventures . |
| 2 | ‘ May interest those who are concerned with the laboring man and his problems ’ was the critic 's judgement but he also added that ‘ the trite story , the indifferent performances of the unknown players and the lack of new and interesting situations are an almost insurmountable handicap ’ . |
| 3 | Weakened Wakefield had tried in vain to postpone Saturday 's game and they duly lost their 33 match unbeaten home record to a Newcastle side who were clinical rather than spectacular in registering an 18–8 victory . |
| 4 | Weakened Wakefield had tried in vain to postpone Saturday 's game and they duly lost their 33 match unbeaten home record to a Newcastle side who were clinical rather than spectacular in registering an 18–8 victory . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's convinced he 's innocent of Angy 's murder and she only wants me to play detective and find the real killer ! |
| 6 | David , I just wanted to say that there 's an article in one of er , the newspapers this morning which really is a di distortion of the current Heart 's board 's position and I just wanted |
| 7 | Unfortunately his value to the West went to Gouzenko 's head and he quickly became paranoid , demanding endless attention and claiming to have saved Canada and indeed the West from disaster . |
| 8 | After the shock of Valesio 's murder and his almost sleepless night , lunch with Luciano Bartocci had really been the last straw . |
| 9 | The wood panelling echoes slightly ; Lord Aldington 's counsel , Charles Gray QC , has a voice like a bumble-bee : a moment 's inattention and his even , well-modulated and comforting tones seem to embark on an erratic , heavy flight around the room . |
| 10 | Jane appreciated Doug 's perseverance but she still found it difficult to raise the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 11 | On leaving school , he worked in a chemist 's shop and he later qualified as an apothecary ( LSA ) in 1886 . |
| 12 | At first Mike worked as Tom 's assistant but he soon moved on to his own assignments . |
| 13 | He 's slightly happier about ‘ Fontana ’ , the second album and the one that yielded a hit in the shape of Shine On , but personnel problems were beginning to mar the band 's outlook and it soon became common knowledge that there was wet rot in The House Of Love . |
| 14 | I do not understand the hon. Gentleman 's mathematics and I slightly doubt whether he does . |
| 15 | I do not think those were happy times in Emerson 's marriage and they certainly did not enhance his general image in the sport . |
| 16 | I am delighted to respond to my hon. Friend 's invitation and I entirely agree with his remarks . |
| 17 | Another person 's house and you really just start wrecking the place systematically . |
| 18 | She squeezed Auguste 's hand and he quite forgot to repeat his question . |
| 19 | You learn just as much in the corridors , in the bars , in the grounds , talking to your colleagues , fuelling each other 's enthusiasm and I certainly , every time I go to that college , I come back home full of renewed hope , fire and passion . |
| 20 | Since the beginning , song-writing had been almost totally Gedge 's department but it later became more shared . |
| 21 | Then I got my seventy odd and she got another week 's money and we just put it all together and we split it down the middle said right there 's your half , there 's mine |
| 22 | It 's just that , well , I was passing Mr Connon 's house and I just looked over the hedge and I saw someone . |
| 23 | I mean that is I have to say that that is the kind of press release which frequently comes across both Brian 's desk and mine all too frequently . |
| 24 | Well the French revolution occurred and what the French revolution did , it transferred hus a huge assets to the , to the , the er government , it allowed conscription , a people 's army and it also turned the biggest country in Europe er biggest with the exception of , of Tsarist Russia , er into a , a war state . |
| 25 | Paul Gascoigne 's career and his hugely expensive transfer to Lazio had been in doubt ever since his disastrous knee injury in last year 's FA Cup Final , but the night club fracas which brought about a further fracture made a successful recovery look still less likely . |
| 26 | because it 's her er daughter 's birthday and I usually give a present to take round . |
| 27 | It probably was n't bubbling and smoking away like a witch 's cauldron but I certainly remember it that way What was it ? |
| 28 | Both had left after arguments with the firm 's owner and they now worked for Tommy Hatcher in Long Lane . |
| 29 | She was to be in bed for three days at the doctor 's insistence and she never even saw Alain . |
| 30 | Like myself , his mind was still wrestling with Mr Billing 's problem and he hardly winced as Tristan placed a steaming plateful of sausage and mash before him . |