Example sentences of "[noun] 's [noun sg] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past it has been said AMV 's TV has never matched its press work ; that it has been insular and unadventurous from a strategic corporate point of view ; and that it has relied too heavily on its self-referential ability to sell middle-class brands . |
| 2 | LORD Spencer 's death has again brought out the busybodies of the art world . |
| 3 | Some indigenous activists say Ecuador 's government had better pay attention , or face a guerrilla uprising like that in next-door Peru . |
| 4 | Dustin 's salary had certainly gone up in leaps and bounds , from $17,000 for The Graduate , to $250,000 for Midnight Cowboy , to $425,000 for John and Mary . |
| 5 | Arfur 's missus has never appeared on screen but her shady husband 's description of her will appear in the famous reference work 's next edition . |
| 6 | Rebecca 's body has already rejected two kidneys , and she has to rely on a daily cocktail of drugs |
| 7 | There is a substantial literature on new developments in history teaching and Her Majesty 's Inspectorate have recently published ‘ History in the Primary and Secondary Years ’ ( HMSO 1985 ) . |
| 8 | Three years can be a long time in a young life , Bernice concluded , and three years in Bernice 's century had certainly changed Ace . |
| 9 | Pat 's job had already brought her into contact with the problems people face when they retire and feel that just because they 've stopped working , they 've dropped out of society . |
| 10 | When he finally surfaced , his mouth stale and his eyes hot and gritty , Lucifer 's atmosphere had already enfolded him like a shroud . |
| 11 | What Burley 's group has now done is to add a new protein structural motif to this list by solving the cocrystal structure of the basic/helix-loop-helix/leucine zipper ( b/HLH/Z ) domain of Max bound to DNA at 2.9 A resolution . |
| 12 | As a result of this rule , and many carefully orchestrated publicity campaigns , the motor industry 's image has now changed from polluter to pal of the earth . |
| 13 | Big laughs are expected , but while some of the production team look unconvinced , presenter and music biz big shot Pete Waterman 's attention has already wandered . |
| 14 | Until this exchange the violent turn in Chant 's eye had never unsettled Estabrook , but it did now , preventing him as it did from meeting the other man 's gaze directly . |
| 15 | Sweetman crowed with laughter , but too soon , for , just as it seemed as though Ellen 's gesture had indeed collapsed into an ignominious anti-climax , the extinguisher first coughed , then spat a vicious deluge of white muck that fanned from the flared nozzle to splatter spectacularly against Sweetman 's chest . |
| 16 | Several attempts to force Nabiyev 's resignation had already failed before he was eventually ousted . |
| 17 | Activity in the two days following Cedric Downes 's release had hardly afforded a model of investigative collaboration , with Morse sleeping through until the late afternoon of the Sunday , then idling away most of the Monday in his office , moodily perusing the documents in the case ; and with Lewis doing the converse , making what he felt had been a fairly significant contribution to the case on the Sunday afternoon , and then spending the whole of the Monday abed , where he had lain dead to the wideawake world , and where , even when Mrs Lewis had gently rocked his shoulder at 6.30 p.m. and quietly breathed the prospect of egg and chips into his ear , he had turned his head over into the pillow and blissfully resumed his slumbers . |
| 18 | For the most part , however , the administration 's policy had initially received widespread bipartisan support , and it was not until September that the popularity of its stance began to wane significantly . |
| 19 | Having played with such artists as Miles Davis , George Harrison and Joni Mitchell , Robben 's playing had already attracted the attention of the guitar cognoscenti . |
| 20 | Conder 's management has also asked to have spaces in the remaining car park reserved for its staff . |
| 21 | Despite their common backgrounds , shared interests , and childhood ties , Gould 's pre-eminence had swiftly distinguished him beyond social association with his former colleague . |
| 22 | Carole Blake reports that ‘ Best of Young British ’ author Lawrence Norfolk ‘ s Lemprière 's Dictionary has now sold to 16 countries , is in the bestseller lists in Austria , and has sold over 100,000 hardback copies in Germany — where , I read in the papers , rival translators have misguidedly complained that the ( intentionally ) quirky use of language is not translated into good German . |
| 23 | Barton Lynch 's manager had once picked a fight with him . |
| 24 | AEA 's success has always depended on being at the forefront of science and technology . |
| 25 | Mr Rochester 's mood had suddenly changed , and he clearly wished to be alone . |
| 26 | Handlebar 's mate had meanwhile broken out in a kind of partridge death-wail . |
| 27 | Scotland 's management have already verified my belief that the playing standards here set new highs in the abbreviated game . |
| 28 | Unfortunately for him , the lady 's husband had also spotted his illicit signalling from the bedroom and grabbing his machine-gun he went to the window and shot the hang-glider pilot and all out of the sky in a hail of bullets . |
| 29 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department had now reached the stage of recruitment . |
| 30 | Meanwhile in the cabinet debate over spending cuts the chancellor 's eye had inevitably fallen on defence . |