Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFHQ 's response came at 1857 hrs that afternoon [ KP 228 ] : " Agree all Yugoslav nationals in Eighth Army Area to be returned unless involves use of force , otherwise evacuation to Distone ( Italy ) in accordance with FX 77268 of 17 May . " |
| 2 | One by one , from about 5 April , their supplies depleted , badly damaged , often without masts and rigging , and with exhausted crews , Alberoni 's armada crept into any ports its captains could find . |
| 3 | The car 's driver escaped with minor injuries . |
| 4 | Thus Cripps 's patience snapped in one encounter with a top American official who , he complained , had wasted his time with a " schoolboy lecture " on the complicated problems which afflicted Europe . |
| 5 | The remaining members of Fagin 's gang died in similar ways in other distant countries , all except Charley Bates , who turned his back on his past life of crime and lived honestly , as a farmer . |
| 6 | The redhead 's hair sparkled with tiny ice crystals . |
| 7 | Maggie 's heart lurched for many reasons . |
| 8 | The tone was silkily challenging , and Maria 's heart jumped in startled recognition before instinctive denial asserted itself . |
| 9 | Last year 's programme began with 16 bills in the Queen 's Speech , but ended with 33 Government measures being enacted . |
| 10 | Ace 's mouth quirked in polite amusement , but he said nothing as she raised her chin in challenge . |
| 11 | Malawi 's spring began on 8 March , the first Sunday in Lent , when the pastoral letter was read in every Catholic church . |
| 12 | She was a very experienced psychiatric nurse and Doctor Volkov 's callousness verged on deliberate cruelty . |
| 13 | General de Gaulle 's plan foundered on Dutch fears that the new body would threaten Community institutions . |
| 14 | At the time it was known that the Sun 's retinue consisted of eight planets . |
| 15 | Maureen 's skill lay in basic first-aid and tender loving care , so I did n't learn about diseases or complicated injuries — but what I did learn was vital to my future work . |
| 16 | Indeed the first handbook of drama based on Peter Slade 's philosophy emerged from this college where Pemberton-Billing ( 1965 ) , a tutor there , joined forces with David Clegg , a student . |
| 17 | Knox 's attitude turned to bitter hostility . |
| 18 | Hitch , then of Horden and Peterlee , now professional , unluckily lost a majority points decision after a ludicrous bout in which Noi 's headguard came off six times in one round . |
| 19 | Part of his objection may also have been that one 's trade and one 's home had in most cases parted company by that date , a development that William Morris was later to deplore . |
| 20 | The ferry 's flag flew at half mast as the probe went on at Cork 's Ringaskiddy port . |
| 21 | Mike Gatting 's marriage came under public scrutiny while he was captaining England against the West Indies in 1988 . |
| 22 | Like other areas of Sri Lanka , the region 's population grew under British rule . |
| 23 | Jane and Laura 's group went with Snowy Owl . |
| 24 | Cook 's impudence sparkled in Private Eye , and he turned language and manners upside down with ‘ Pete and Dud ’ and ‘ Derek and Clive ’ . |
| 25 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 26 | Guscott 's score came with 14 men on , but the new law that allows a temporary substitute meant that Paul Burnell had a few minutes on the pitch before Wright returned to see the Lions leading 12–5 . |
| 27 | Dean 's body lay for four months in a lane 12 miles from the family home in Elmesthorpe , Leicestershire . |
| 28 | So it may be significant that in 1023 the translation of Ælfheah 's body began on 1 June , only about six weeks after the anniversary . |
| 29 | Yesterday 's bomb went off 20 minutes after a warning was telephoned to Waterloo railway station that there was a device at the Stock Exchange . |
| 30 | There had been calls for Belkheir 's resignation after the Algerian press pointed out that the " special intervention unit " charged with Boudiaf 's security came under Interior Ministry control . |