Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pos pn] brother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BRIDE wed four months early yesterday to grant her brother 's dying wish . |
| 2 | He decided to destroy his brother 's body permanently and therefore cut it up into fourteen pieces , which he distributed far and wide throughout Egypt . |
| 3 | ‘ And now you are cursed from the ground which has opened its mouth to receive your brother 's blood from your hand . |
| 4 | Although he turned to his own men for a number of controversial assignments , he was able to use his brother 's servants for hardly less sensitive duties . |
| 5 | Although he turned to his own men for a number of controversial assignments , he was able to use his brother 's servants for hardly less sensitive duties . |
| 6 | There was a murmur of congratulations , and Mrs Bradford came round the table to kiss her brother 's cheek . |
| 7 | Her motives were various and not always dishonourable , but chief among them was the desire to glorify her brother 's reputation : to represent him , in fact , as supremely original genius , complete intellect ( she made an exception of his mathematical capabilities , but , by way of compensation , emphasized his standing as a classical scholar ) , perfect human being and , eventually , tragic hero . |
| 8 | A GIRL was in hospital yesterday four weeks after giving bone marrow to try to save her brother 's life . |
| 9 | The first time he had to include his brother 's name in an anecdote , his voice hardened a little , but soon he was talking much more easily , telling her of picnics and expeditions and even fights they had had with each other and with the Italian sons of their mother 's friends and relations . |
| 10 | While Owen 's older brother , Ross Wyndham , had been abroad on business and unable to attend his brother 's engagement party , he had faithfully promised to be Owen 's best man at his wedding . |
| 11 | She felt no desire to avenge her brother 's murder . |
| 12 | Leith spent the next few minutes in accepting that somehow she was going to have to pay her brother 's share of the hefty monthly repayment as well as her own for the next seven months minimum . |
| 13 | The interest of the episode lies in Gloucester 's ability to command his brother 's men , even in controversial assignments . |
| 14 | The interest of the episode lies in Gloucester 's ability to command his brother 's men , even in controversial assignments . |
| 15 | But a long time ago I was writing a television play about Irish men coming over to England to collect their brother 's body , and I could n't imagine how they 'd talk . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , thanks , ’ said Belinda , knowing that this was an apology from Faye , as well as a mothering gesture to placate her brother 's anger . |
| 17 | Wycliffe said : ‘ I should like to see your brother 's room , Miss Garland . ’ |
| 18 | They had wanted her to follow her brother 's example by becoming a doctor , but Jenny wanted to pursue a career in the theatre . |
| 19 | Onlookers were impressed by her vivid presence , but she had few views or wishes of her own , being content to follow her brother 's lead in literary , political , and religious matters . |
| 20 | And then , then what happened then he decided to follow his brother 's footsteps and farm it because the farm , the plot of land was available . |
| 21 | No it does n't , he , he does n't have to follow his brother 's footsteps |