Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why , to arrange Steiner 's escape , of course . |
| 2 | When Franz arrived with it Karen deftly plucked it from the sideplate and held up a hand to silence Whitlock 's protest . |
| 3 | Of the remaining 90,000 soldiers in the NVA some 50,000 would join the Bundeswehr of the FRG ( the reduction reflecting Germany 's commitment to reduce its overall troop numbers to 370,000 — see pp. 37659 ; 37829 ) . |
| 4 | By Oct. 3 of the remaining 90,000 soldiers in the NVA some 50,000 would join the Bundeswehr of the FRG ( the reduction reflecting Germany 's commitment to reduce its overall troop numbers to 370,000 — see pp. 37659 ) . |
| 5 | Further to our previous correspondence on this subject , I would like to re-emphasise CPRW 's concern to see firm commitments to protecting the environment explicitly written into the Structural Fund Regulations . |
| 6 | This might explain Shell 's reluctance to commercialise or even patent the reaction . |
| 7 | In France Mortimer became Isabella 's lover , and the two of them gained the support of other English lords who had travelled to France on diplomatic business and had then defected . |
| 8 | Was it too soon to wear Faith 's amethyst brooch ? |
| 9 | United halfway to completing Ferguson 's spring shopping list |
| 10 | The Junto was a group of moderate Whigs , who had first come together in 1693 – 4 in the service of the central administration to support William 's war effort . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , he greeted the Revolution with relief : in the Convention Parliament he was among the first to support William 's coup , although he saw it as crucial to take the opportunity to make England 's liberties more secure . |
| 12 | In time I became Wolsey 's friend , the only man to stand by him when he fell from power and lay in bed gasping out his life and cursing the king who had turned against him . |
| 13 | Journalists who shared Herr 's enthusiasm for the whole experience , if enthusiasm is the word , tend to quote with wistful nostalgia one particular line from Dispatches : ‘ I think Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods . ’ |
| 14 | Her mother fastening Melanie 's coat snugly at the neck and tucking in a scarf . |
| 15 | Gaviria alone among the major candidates stressed a determination to continue Barco 's campaign to defeat the drug cartels , rejecting the possibility of political dialogue with them although modifying Barco 's stance by opposing the " indiscriminate " extradition of drug traffickers to the United States . |
| 16 | He enjoyed Forest 's style of play and respected Clough 's brand of management . |
| 17 | Shakespeare evidently shared Donne 's dissatisfaction with the extant convention , agreed with him that unfulfilled love was a trope that could only lead to a limited number of stereotyped situations . |
| 18 | Richter destroys photography 's routine claim to truth and verisimilitude ; he denies the supposed mutual exclusiveness of the figurative and abstract . |
| 19 | Among them was Abdelaziz Bouteflika , who had served as Foreign Minister for 16 years , Belaid Abdessalam , a former Energy Minister who had publicly criticized Chadli 's energy policy , and Kasdi Merbah , the previous Prime Minister . |
| 20 | There was a smell of fresh coffee in the kitchen , which made Doyle 's mouth water . |
| 21 | I say if you , if you did decide on something and wanted it give me an opportunity to post Connie 's parcel . |
| 22 | HAD GENERAL Manuel Noriega been overthrown by rebel troops , it would have meant the end of a two-year political crisis that has wrecked Panama 's economy and brought political embarrassment and frustration to the United States . |
| 23 | Who is eating Weekley 's bread ? |
| 24 | He did not benefit much , scoring 23 before he snicked Snell 's out-swinger , as he did in the first innings , to be caught by the keeper . |
| 25 | Both events are to promote Winch 's fundraising efforts for the BBC 's annual Children in Need TV appeal . |
| 26 | so if you wanted to go see if you change William 's thing to the colour I want and if they had , he said he thought the shirt that the guy got with it matched it better than the smaller check , so do you wan na give him that check shirt that I bought him ? |
| 27 | [ She rubs PAMELA 's palm with earth to make the lines stand out . ] |
| 28 | But his death in the principal 's residence at King 's College 14 May 1920 , at the early age of fifty-two , spared him the furious controversy that arose when the donors sought Toynbee 's removal on political grounds . |
| 29 | Pedro Gomez had sensed Trent 's unease prior to their sailing . |
| 30 | Stevie , deeply troubled , had decided that the only thing was to fall in with her mood , but he kept catching Patrick 's eye . |