Example sentences of "['s] [noun] was [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | The statement added that McGlinchey 's contract was immediately terminated once they learned who he was . |
2 | Oxford 's bowling was never threatening and looked rather ordinary when Glendenen and Parker began to hurry after a quiet first half-hour . |
3 | Some of Donaldson 's punting was shrewdly angled and flighted but the wings scarcely saw the ball . |
4 | Unfortunately though , Roebuck 's support was soon withdrawn as he got into financial difficulties and eventually was declared bankrupt in 1773 . |
5 | But even if Sheridan 's case was rightly decided and a ‘ conviction ’ in the narrower sense will support a plea of autrefois convict , that does not appear to me to lead to the conclusion that a ‘ conviction ’ in the narrower sense must end the power of the court to allow a plea to be changed . |
6 | Roh 's decision was also seen as marking a clear break in the increasingly tense relationship between himself and his designated heir , Kim Young Sam . |
7 | It is quite clear , and it is now admitted by the appellants , that the effect of the minister 's decision was merely to prove that this sum had belonged to the appellants ever since the vesting date . |
8 | Bannon 's resignation was also seen as increasing the difficulties of federal Prime Minister Paul Keating whose ALP government was recording poor popularity ratings and was due to face a federal election not later than May 1993 . |
9 | Hilda 's jaw was firmly set and she did not open her mouth . |
10 | Following Paul 's route was easier said than done as there were so many confusing tracks . |
11 | Maggie 's heart was suddenly thumping as they slowly left the floor . |
12 | wrote that Woods 's sportsmanship was never questioned and that drawn games were anathema to him ; he was always out to win . |
13 | Donna 's mind was still reeling but she reached for her handbag , pulling out the diary . |
14 | Whereas Sartre 's totality was never totalized because it was always still in process and could never be closed , Althusser 's totality is never totalizable because it is decentred and displaced in time . |
15 | Darren 's car was reasonably priced when bought in July 1991 and evidently in clean and original condition . |
16 | Since most Western societies are liberal in outlook , cherishing the proposition that ‘ we 're all individuals ’ , it is not surprising that the early , uncompromising identification of sexism with women 's oppression was quickly challenged and replaced with the notion of individuals being oppressed by their restrictive sex roles . |
17 | Wade 's plan was immediately accepted and by the summer of 1725 he was back in Scotland with a new appointment , that of Commander of the Forces in North Britain . |
18 | Sonia 's deportation was only reversed because the Home Secretary used his discretion to consider the compassionate circumstances of her case . |
19 | Labour 's manifesto was also launched and Mr. Kinnock promised to abolish the Community Charge immediately and replace it with a modified version of the old rates system based on ability to pay . |
20 | These included the Shiites , supporters of Ali , to whom Muhammad 's campaign was particularly slanted and with whom it proved especially successful in both Persia and Mesopotamia . |
21 | THE Queen Mother 's consultant was today deciding whether she should spend a second night in the hospital where she was taken with a throat problem . |
22 | was represented by a greater number of compositions , and certainly Lambe 's work was well known and widely circulated . |
23 | Oppenheimer 's work was then rediscovered and extended by a number of people . |
24 | The film 's director was equally determined that this consultant who lacked the necessary card from the actors ' union should not appear on celluloid . |
25 | Laura Lee 's article was well balanced and gave sound advice on a variety of ways forward . |
26 | Dunlop 's surplus was therefore distributed and nearly all of it went to Morrison to put him 819 above McLachlan which was much more than the undistributed surplus of Lindsay . |
27 | Moira 's body was never found and nobody has been prosecuted in connection with the case but police believe the schoolgirl was almost certainly murdered . |
28 | Seton 's body was quickly reinterred and , despite Sir James ' protests , Corbett insisted that his escort accompany him back to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
29 | Lord Baldwin 's generosity was well rewarded as Georg gained a double First in Mathematics in 1942 and went into research for the Admiralty . |
30 | Gundobad 's importance was further enhanced when Ricimer died , for he took over his mentor 's position at court . |