Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smallfry was smiling sweetly as she reached for Frankie 's sleeve and eased him in the direction of the door . |
| 2 | What is it about Jonah 's escapade that transfixes us ? |
| 3 | They will travel to Maubisson to determine the true cause of Falconer 's death and assist you in the hunting down of Raphael . ’ |
| 4 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
| 5 | He remembered Gina 's summing-up of Eleanor 's character and told her that she only saw people as shits because she was n't woman enough to hold a man . |
| 6 | Jenny put her arm protectively round Antony 's waist and led him after her father , the uniformed police still in close attendance . |
| 7 | She swept back a handful of Lucy 's hair and pinned it up , first on one side and then on the other ; but before she 'd reached for the scissors to begin , Charlie 's face appeared around the doorway . |
| 8 | He hovered with a nervous half-smile as the waiter drew out Lucy 's chair and seated her . |
| 9 | The morning it was announced a vast audience arrived for Ramsey 's lecture and cheered him all the way up to the dais . |
| 10 | Mrs Kirkley ate one of Millie 's buns and praised it highly ; and after Annabel had eaten one , and then asked if she might have another , her mother exclaimed in mock sternness , ‘ Oh ! |
| 11 | Mundell , 22 , and Lieutenant Andrew Hadley , 24 , then stormed into Lt Richard Brearey 's room and asked him to get up and watch the results . |
| 12 | And he robbed Madge 's house and smashed it up . |
| 13 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 14 | ‘ This crap , ’ Laura took the book from Rex 's fingers and struck it with the back of her hand . |
| 15 | Suffolk placed a dirty paw on Edward 's shoulder and pushed him forward . |
| 16 | A combination of clerical opposition and papal objections thwarted his attempts to tax the clergy directly , but to the king Winchelsey constituted a far greater problem than the pope who , susceptible to more and wider pressures , gradually modified his objections to Edward 's aims and granted him a papal tenth in 1301 . |
| 17 | Then Queen Mary took Edward 's hand and kissed it . |
| 18 | A strong breeze ruffled Crossley 's hair and made him shiver . |
| 19 | Kolchinsky picked up three manilla envelopes from Philpott 's desk and handed them out . |
| 20 | His transfer would involve a lengthy and complicated assessment procedure , and they wanted me to help to explain this to Balbinder 's parents and to reassure them . |
| 21 | Eckstein says he may ring up Levi 's executives and tell them into which bodily part they can stick their proposal . |
| 22 | I withdrew the muzzle of the trusty Smith and Waistcoat from Johnny 's nose and pointed it at his forehead . |
| 23 | On mornings when there was no case for the court I used to enjoy sitting in Chief Fyvie 's office and hearing him talk of the ‘ good old days ’ of the enforcement of law and order in Scotland and in Montreal . |
| 24 | Cliff Morgan , a marvellously tricky Welsh stand-off half , became a pal late in Richard 's life and told me ‘ there was no doubting his passion for the game . |
| 25 | It was love that kept me going ; it was ambition to be a poet that fuelled Dana 's labour and yoked it with mine . |
| 26 | Maxham knocked once on Georgina 's door and opened it . |
| 27 | She had laid him in Dot 's arms and let her hold him on her own . |
| 28 | He was not happy with Lineker 's commitment and substituted him . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew there was only one thing I could do — find the father of Janice 's baby and persuade him to marry her in my place . ’ |
| 30 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |