Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the horrible long light evenings ( double summer time ) I went through my brother 's papers . |
| 2 | I read through my brother 's Readers Digest , where I learned that Stalin was a bad name . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course I have been through my brother 's documents , household accounts , memoranda and letters . |
| 4 | ‘ I recall how I refused to hearken to the queen my mother 's fears for my brother 's safety — yet now I myself fear greatly for him ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Indeed , but for my brother 's tears , his reproaches that I had not drawn my sword , I would have dismissed the whole affair as a nightmare . ’ |
| 6 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 7 | I came back for my brother 's funeral , and I wore my collar and tie . |
| 8 | ‘ I may have lusted after my brother 's wife , ’ he muttered , ‘ but not his life ! ’ |
| 9 | Sally Brass was rumoured to have been seen here as a Foot Guards private on sentry-go after her brother 's imprisonment , OCS 88 . |
| 10 | — If he got the answers he expected , that Rhoda had kept William Egan 's money in some hiding place and that Roxie had been looking after her brother 's moneybags , and that all three women had been spending what they were supposed to be hoarding , then he knew what was causing the atmosphere he had picked up at Roxie 's house . |
| 11 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 12 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 13 | It would appear , Sir Richard , that you lusted after your brother 's wife as well as his riches ; that while he was alive you committed adultery with her and , with each other , you plotted together to carry out his murder and lay the blame on Brampton . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not after your brother 's money . |
| 15 | But it is presumably these later criticisms , made long after his emancipation from Wagner , that inspired Elisabeth to explain away the Wagnerian connection as merely secondary ; while her claims about her brother 's real intention to produce a " large " book about Greece ( and nothing but Greece ) would seem to be prompted by a desire to enhance his scholarly image ; for no other kind of book ( she decided ) would have satisfied his " scholar 's conscience . " |
| 16 | I had the unhappy job of telling Barrymore and his wife about her brother 's death . |
| 17 | I could so easily have divided Charlie 's six per cent between Sal , Grace , and that awful Kitty , who had so obviously lied about her brother 's death . |
| 18 | Isabella has visited Angelo to plead for her brother 's life . |
| 19 | Diana seemed distressed , rushing around in a distracted way — oblivious , it seemed to me , of the work we had all put in for her brother 's wedding . |
| 20 | She seems to have cared little for her brother 's work ; he , on the other hand , thought she was great . |
| 21 | ( II.iv.42 ) — but proceeds to proposition her with a debased contract , that she should exchange her chastity for her brother 's life . |
| 22 | In fact , Diana 's indignation at Raine simmered for years until finally it boiled over in 1989 at the church rehearsal for her brother 's wedding to Victoria Lockwood , a successful model . |
| 23 | In these four passages Nietzsche 's sister saw a prime piece of evidence for her brother 's " real " intention to write a big book about Greece rather than a short one about tragedy . |
| 24 | How the hell do you think they felt when their darling Hilary was too busy to go out for her brother 's wedding ? ’ |
| 25 | The tale of a cold-blooded government administrator who demands sexual favours from a would-be nun in exchange for her brother 's life certainly poses some problems for modern audiences . |
| 26 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 27 | It 's this friend of my brother 's who lives in the same block . |
| 28 | ‘ Why do you disapprove of my brother 's relationship with your cousin ? ’ she asked him . |
| 29 | To have been ice for so long , then to melt at the sight of my brother 's fiancée ! |
| 30 | And in fact , one of my brother 's is n't going anyway , you know , it 's not |