Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Terris ' ghost seemed to have an affinity with Mr Hayden because the foreman saw him nearly every day in some part of the station for some two years . |
| 2 | Workmen from the Maintenance Department , which is responsible for the smooth running of the lifts and escalators in the station , have seen William Terris ' ghost on numerous occasions as they work mostly at night so that their work causes the least interference with the travelling public . |
| 3 | Jack Hayden obviously has a very close affinity with William Terris ' ghost because when he made a purposeful visit to Covent Garden Station recently he saw him ‘ as large as life ’ , as if waiting to welcome him back . |
| 4 | It could be the Slaters ’ and Tilers ' Institute of Cheshire , Lancashire Floor-Coverers Association , The Duke of Gisburn 's Light Cavalry Eleven 's Re-Union Dinner , Haslingden Plunge Bath Attendants ' Monthly Meeting , Wellingborough Skin Lifters ' Society , or the like . |
| 5 | The general concept of Kinmount , with its vast Soanic central saloon rising into a tribune gallery and a lantern tower , was reproduced in neo-Tudor form as his ambitious enlargement of Saltoun , East Lothian ( 1817 ) ; without the lantern tower , at his neo-Classical Adderston , Northumberland ( 1819 ) and the much larger Camperdown , Dundee ( 1821–28 ) ; and , at Blairquhan , Ayrshire ( 1820 ) where he retained the lantern tower but began to experiment with asymmetrical planning and to adopt more archaeologically correct Tudor forms , following the example of William Wilkins ' Tregothnan ( 1816 ) and Dalmeny ( 1814 ) . |
| 6 | GEORGE MILLS / Gary Mills ' Brother |
| 7 | We discuss , instead , literary genius and smack daddy William Burroughs ' involvement with Ministry . |
| 8 | End the limbo : Maginnis Maginnis ' way ahead |
| 9 | Dame Gillian Brown thanked the speakers with great enthusiasm , congratulated the Principal on ensuring the succession , and also thanked Patricia Hutchinson and Mary Keen for a successful meeting , and the University Womens ' Club ( worth joining even if it is known as Pussy Cat Hall by my irreverent 88 year old cousin , a St. Hugh 's gal ) gave us rather a good tea . |
| 10 | ( London University Examiners ' Report : A level History , 1981 , p.359 ) |
| 11 | ( London University Examiners ' Report : A level History , 1981 , p.361 ) |
| 12 | William Downes ' study of King Lear 's famous question to his daughters is a superb example of the level of depth and insight that stylistics can reach when it draws eclectically from a variety of areas within linguistics in order to relate the surface features of the text to the situational , historical and cultural contexts which are relevant to their effect and interpretation . |
| 13 | S. Magnus ' Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney ( then under Norse control ) shows a close relationship to English Norman cathedrals , as does also Stavanger Cathedral , which was begun c. 1130 . |
| 14 | Andy Hargreaves ' chapter links in with themes raised by the previous contributors . |
| 15 | Russell and Ann Mills ' flat is particularly impressive as it is located on the upper floor of the school 's west wing ( Plate 37 and Fig 53 ) and so extends up into the apex of the steeply-pitched roof . |
| 16 | And hence the characterisation of Jeff Koons ' work as a series of ‘ banalities ’ . |
| 17 | The question which has arisen is whether in these circumstances the beneficial joint tenancy was severed before Mrs. Dennis ' death . |
| 18 | Conversely , and inevitably , if the joint tenancy was not severed before Mrs. Dennis ' death , Mr. Dennis as the survivor became entitled to the whole beneficial interest in both properties which in due course vested in his trustee in bankruptcy . |
| 19 | This was after Mrs. Dennis ' death , but in any event a receiving order does not operate to divest a debtor of his property . |
| 20 | Thus , by the moment of Mrs. Dennis ' death on 24 February 1983 , there had been no alienation by her husband of his interest in the joint tenancy . |
| 21 | On the contrary , upon adjudication there vested in Mr. Dennis ' trustee the entire beneficial interest in the two properties which , on Mrs. Dennis ' death , had passed to Mr. Dennis as the surviving joint tenant . |
| 22 | The family has been inundated with cards and donations from wellwishers since Richard Adams ' death . |
| 23 | Examples include Alan Garner 's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and Richard Adams ' Watership Down . |
| 24 | In Andrea Adams ' Bullying at Work ( Virago , £6.99 ) the author exposes this demoralising problem , and suggests some remedies . |
| 25 | If you are inspired by John and Veronica Saunders ' style on the previous pages , here are some appealing alternatives and ideas to create a similar look |
| 26 | NEWS of Rebecca Stephens ' success in becoming the first British woman to reach the summit of Everest was flashed around the world with the help of an Essex-based company from the Marconi group . |
| 27 | Burt Reynolds ' wigmaker and |
| 28 | The original incident , during a visit to Miss Bayliss ' heroin addict brother , Michael , sparked off a week-long roof top protest by inmates at the jail . |
| 29 | On the day after the Connecticut contest Clinton defeated Brown in the US Virgin Islands ' caucus . |
| 30 | Miss Shields ' act was perfection itself . |