Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had a son , Alfred Samuel , by whom Goodridge 's practice was continued after he retired , c .1855 . |
| 2 | ‘ Then there was me sister 's weddin' eighteen years ago , ’ said Mrs Beavis , seated on the bedside chair . |
| 3 | Well , she was gone sixty by then , an' they give 'er ten yards of pink silk an' five pounds on 'er retirement day , and I asked 'er if she fancied makin' me sister 's weddin' dress to keep 'er 'and in a bit — 'ere , you ai n't ate your other sausage roll yet . |
| 4 | This ole plot , those two derelict 'ouses next ter me sister 's dinin' rooms an' that yard 's up fer sale . |
| 5 | ‘ Adorable , ’ Matthew said , thinking , just pass me Alexandra 's wellie and I 'd do the same . |
| 6 | and they sold that and they bought that house between them Romana 's mum and dad |
| 7 | Thank you for telling me Isabella 's secret . |
| 8 | J. B. I was going to borrow me Mum 's crucifix as well . |
| 9 | I know for certain that your giving me Michel 's address will make a very great difference to the two of them . |
| 10 | ‘ I was wondering if you could give me Angy 's address ? ’ she said casually . |
| 11 | and she said my sister spends I mean , we 're now talking about nineteen seventy my sister spends twelve and six a week on things from for the house on the hire purchase if she ever truly runs into debt she 'll save part of the cost of the thing , you know and then she knows that she 's always going to have to put twelve and six a week aside but she does that and buys things for the house and you see if you 've got if you 've got that little bit of extra coming in it 's quite well it 's like my lodgers , Brenda if I could n't if I could n't get what I need from my lodgers well Neil pays me Neil 's house rent which thirty pound a week |
| 12 | These included the Shiites , supporters of Ali , to whom Muhammad 's campaign was particularly slanted and with whom it proved especially successful in both Persia and Mesopotamia . |
| 13 | Tax advisers , for whom Labour 's belt-tightening would have meant an accountants ' bonanza . |
| 14 | I 've lost my buyer 's guide . |
| 15 | And I can go fishing to my heart 's content . |
| 16 | Doubtless the authorities would not heed my plea , but here in County Fermanagh I could feast my eyes on red pillar boxes to my heart 's content . |
| 17 | As it was he was still asleep upstairs and never saw his dad bury him … and I could bawl unseen to my heart 's content . |
| 18 | Oh , Mary of my heart 's delight , |
| 19 | A hundred pictures for my heart 's delight . |
| 20 | The song ‘ You are my Heart 's Delight ’ from Lehár 's operetta The Land of Smiles ( 1929 ) was one of his most famous , and it was in this work that he first came to England in 1931 . |
| 21 | I shall ravish you to my heart 's delight . |
| 22 | Then , ‘ The light that lies in woman 's eyes has been my heart 's undoing ’ . ’ |
| 23 | My heart 's pounding and that 's bad ! . |
| 24 | But now at last I had one , and she was my heart 's desire . |
| 25 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
| 26 | ‘ You 're truly my heart 's desire — honest , loving and giving … åd so very , very beautiful . ’ |
| 27 | I also loved making gadgets out of wood , and my heart 's desire was a chemistry set . |
| 28 | I would be content To drudge in earth , easing my heart 's disgrace … |
| 29 | On you go , now , and my heart 's blessing go with you always . |
| 30 | Seeing the look of pain on my driver 's face , I asked him what had become of Eileen , ‘ The Girl from County Donegal ’ , possessor of one of the purest ballad voices I know , with a hint of Irish mischief . |