Example sentences of "[noun] 's [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Barnardo 's benefited to the tune of £260 recently after Torness clerical assistant Murray Brunton , Peter Cotton from Information Systems and Ian Kilpatrick from Ops , walked through Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms . |
| 2 | Surely they only take place when the data 's known to be applicable to people . ’ |
| 3 | The boy 's thought to be one of a hard core of 8 children , all under 15 , who are responsible for twelve per cent of all reported crimes in the Swindon area . |
| 4 | This is what a demo 's meant to be : not too big , not too short , well designed , accompanied by music which suits the parts to create a certain atmosphere . |
| 5 | Kingfisher 's £461million bid for Dixon 's led to a resurgence of speculative activity yesterday . |
| 6 | His novels , though , suggest a mental movement not unlike Vergil 's thought to the effect that bees are working animals and do n't retire and spend their sunset years playing golf : . |
| 7 | The body 's thought to be that of an adult , and police are now interviewing residents of the house , and trying to trace people who stayed there recently . |
| 8 | ‘ Surely mineral water 's bound to be still . |
| 9 | To call Duncan Campbell 's work on civil defence or the Cambridge University Disarmament Seminar 's Defended to death either propaganda or unreasoned is totally unfair . |
| 10 | In the same period Canada 's inflation rate stuck at 5.0% , while Sweden 's slowed to 10.9% . |
| 11 | Amazing is n't it ? that now Batty 's moved to Blackburn , within a month he 's being hailed as a good passer of the ball . |
| 12 | Previously the world 's largest user of punch-cards , Lloyd 's switched to an electronic network at the start of this year . |
| 13 | Lloyd 's responded to the criticism by appointing Sir David Walker , chairman of the Securities and Investment Board and a member of the Lloyd 's Council , to head an independent inquiry into allegations of malpractice . |
| 14 | The administration manager at Pricewell 's seemed to Anna very young . |
| 15 | Skilful dribbling is easy 'coz the ball 's glued to your foot , and you can soon zoom up towards the opposing goal . |
| 16 | MALCOLM CROSBY , hero of last season 's run to the FA Cup Final , finds his short career as Sunderland boss on the line . |
| 17 | MALCOLM CROSBY , hero of last season 's run to the FA Cup Final , finds his short career as Sunderland boss on the line . |
| 18 | When congratulated on Australia 's contributed to a splendid performance he said : ‘ I would have preferred to win 3–0 today and have everyone yawning in the stand ’ . |
| 19 | That Tournament 's meant to be good , I have n't heard it yet . |
| 20 | The realisation that he was a sinner not only in men 's eyes but in God 's led to his conversion in February 1779 . |
| 21 | That 's why the baby 's attached to the navel when it 's born ; he puts it in and the baby comes out . ’ |
| 22 | Think of what some man 's done to her . |
| 23 | A man 's expected to be charged tonight . |
| 24 | Down on the river front of Old Chiswick , the firm of Thornycroft 's continued to be busily occupied with their boat building , and one of their employees , Mr. R. T. Smith , made an approach to his engineer employer , John Donaldson , who was a good Scottish Presbyterian with strong Christian principles , for a loan of five pounds in order to enable him ( R. T. Smith ) to start a coffee stall in Church Street , in an endeavour to keep some of the other employees away from their regular visits to the Lamb Tap Inn . |
| 25 | Several years after the Tennant 's moved to Glenconner Farm , Ochiltree , old John Tennant learned that the village crier required a horn to sound before he made his proclamations around the district , so he had a silver mounting and mouthpiece fitted to the bullock 's horn and presented it to the village . |
| 26 | ‘ According to all the books , a secret agent 's life 's meant to be glamorous . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been headhunted by Hayward 's End — their village idiot 's moved to East Twittering ’ |
| 28 | During the Great War of 1914 1918 , Gwynne 's switched to the manufacture of aircraft engines . |
| 29 | ‘ The poor bastard 's frozen to death ! ’ |
| 30 | The Wandering Jew 's returned to his home at last ! ’ |