Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | YORK Minster 's bells rang out over the city for the first time in six months at the weekend their longest break since the Second World War . |
| 2 | He watched Simon 's trainers padding around to the back door only inches from his face and he wanted to scream , to rid himself of the unbearable tension . |
| 3 | The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners . |
| 4 | You can only see people 's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in the clothes . |
| 5 | Kebbel 's eyes drifted over to the window . |
| 6 | Ashley 's eyes drifted down from the screen and she frowned . |
| 7 | The reporter 's eyes flickered down to the floor . |
| 8 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 9 | Meredith 's eyes swept back to the island . |
| 10 | During the final stages of an attack the weapon 's sensors lock on to the target ship 's radar or sonar signals and the Telemine homes in on them . |
| 11 | Burun 's feet came down off the sill . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to love watching Lord Delamere 's chaps going out with the cattle carrying umbrellas . |
| 13 | But instead of the genteel growl as the BMW drove off , Dennis 's footsteps crunched back across the gravel to the house and the front door opened . |
| 14 | Keyence 's salesmen report back to the research department on what new machines their customers would find useful . |
| 15 | ROBIN Smith 's majestic 167 not out won all the plaudits at Edgbaston yesterday but today England 's cricketers woke up to the same old problems . |
| 16 | The Ruff-stuff 's tracks swept off to the right so we kept walking to the left . |
| 17 | Newspapers love a good disaster , and a wedding where the bridegroom 's trousers fell down at the altar would stand a far better chance of being reported than one that went without a hitch . |
| 18 | There is also a collection of Wycliff 's writings brought over at the time of England 's Queen Anne . |
| 19 | The relief they felt was emphasised by the way Gustafsson 's team-mates jumped on to the court , picked him up and tossed him high in the air in celebration at the end . |
| 20 | The Judge described John Baillie 's actions leading up to the killing as brutal and arrogant . |
| 21 | The fact that so many of hierarchy 's problems show up in the form of individual misbehavior has led to one of the most widespread illusions in business , namely that a company 's managerial leadership can be significantly improved solely by doing psychotherapeutic work on the personalities and attitudes of its managers . |
| 22 | The programme planners assumed that most women 's brains came out with the baby . |
| 23 | According to Robert F. Maguire III , President of LACMA 's Board of Trustees , ‘ One of Rusty 's most significant accomplishments was spearheading the museum 's efforts to reach out to the city 's diverse population , mounting exhibitions of multicultural appeal ’ . |
| 24 | England 's champs set out on the glory trail with a warning to keep their cool |
| 25 | In the middle of the night one of Kiku 's cats got in among the dogs and , when Burun got up to see what was causing the commotion , he found Suragai trying to save the animal . |
| 26 | Mr Scott 's removal from office was demanded by one shareholder who said that he was at the helm when the company 's finances went in to the red . |
| 27 | Julia was so interested in the cross-examination that she almost disobeyed Anthony 's instructions to go back to the Campo San Maurizio for lunch and spend the afternoon in bed , but , remembering how weak she had felt the previous evening , she did as he said . |
| 28 | Then she saw the woman 's arms reach out from the doorway and pull the man back to her , and take him with her into the shadows again . |
| 29 | Thérèse 's tears splashed on to the tiles at her feet . |
| 30 | Four undertaker 's men slid out of the shadows of the vestry and , picking up the coffin , bore it up the aisle . |