Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 68th minute , Derby clinched victory through Kitson 's lob after an excellent break by Paul Williams . |
| 2 | STRIKER Bernie Slaven last night promised his full backing for Middlesbrough 's promotion drive . |
| 3 | Environment Minister Lady Blatch signs on the dotted line today to endorse £40m of Government cash for Middlesbrough 's City Challenge plans . |
| 4 | The 26-year-old midfielder , who played in all three of England 's European championship games , now faces an anxious wait for Taylor 's verdict . |
| 5 | I was upset about Sheila 's illness , upset and angry . |
| 6 | It is in that light that the notorious tales about Sussex 's impenetrability must be seen . |
| 7 | To some observers , it seemed that Laura 's provoking passivity acted as a stimulant for Bernard 's aggression . |
| 8 | ‘ Is responsible for IMC 's presence here . |
| 9 | The relations of Daedalic with orientalising pottery , and of the earliest marbles with Daedalic , suggest , in our schematic time-structure , a point around the mid-century for Nikandre 's dedication , the Delos kouros fragments and the Delphi bronze coming perhaps a little later . |
| 10 | However , while this is true , it misses the point ; for Braudel 's choice of categories is guided by more than pragmatic considerations , and is based on a view of historical explanations . |
| 11 | These included the BBC 's Your Witness , a courtroom-style debate in which the producer 's assistant was a toothy young lady by the name of Esther Rantzen , and two interviews with Prince Philip , once on my own when he came to Edinburgh as Chancellor of the University , the other in Newcastle for Tyne-Tees ' Face the Press . |
| 12 | As for Wolverhampton 's budget , there was a serious overrun last year of some £2 million , including on the operation of something called the Jennie Lee centre . |
| 13 | Woolley took out his revolver and blew a hole through Hawthorn 's despatch case . |
| 14 | Suicide , Velvets , MBV , Cocteaus , Spacemen and even The Monkees spring to mind at some point during Stereolab 's swimming excursions into your subconscious . |
| 15 | ‘ But Fand — what about Fincara 's spell ? |
| 16 | I was tempted to look for Mum 's name so I checked that she was really asleep , although I did n't care if she woke up or not . |
| 17 | For mum 's peace of mind there is a doctor on call , too , and a well run nursery with a nursery nurse . |
| 18 | A quick blast in the microwave for Mum 's tea and it 's back to the living room . |
| 19 | To buy the fruitgums for Mum 's pet |
| 20 | He 'll have to agree for Mum 's sake . ’ |
| 21 | But Eileen replied reasonably , ‘ None of us was keen on her , Anne , but we hid it for Mum 's sake and Grandma never realised it . |
| 22 | Shortly afterwards , following disagreements between the two , Peter exchanged the share he had retained in Longfords for William 's share in Dunkirk . |
| 23 | The closest Continental precedents for William 's work are at Reims and Laon . |
| 24 | For example , W. A. Speck 's work on division lists for Queen Anne 's reign shows that the vast majority of MPs voted consistently either Whig or Tory , with a mere 12.2 per cent wavering in their allegiance , whilst in a similar analysis of division lists for William 's reign , usually regarded as a period when party conflict was less clearly defined , Henry Horwitz found that only 14 per cent of MPs voted across party lines . |
| 25 | The Siemens family maintained both British and German connections , for William 's brother Werner remained in Berlin and built up a great electrical engineering business there , making among other things the first trams . |
| 26 | Not large enough , though , for William 's son John , who became the Member of Parliament for Wilton in 1701 and subsequently built on this exquisite face to his childhood home . |
| 27 | In The Dear Green Place , Archie Hind exposed the sap and pulp that was hidden under the hard shell of that surprisingly literary construct , ‘ Glasgow ’ , and then ‘ fell silent ’ ( by which the literary world apologised for Hind 's decision to communicate more directly with the city 's damaged youth ) . |
| 28 | The recovery programme was also seen as an attempt by Keating to heal divisions in the ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) after his 1991 leadership battle with former Prime Minister Bob Hawke [ for Keating 's replacement of Hawke see p. 38675 ] . |
| 29 | It is not for this , however , that she is remembered , but for her writing on domestic matters and especially for Beeton 's Book of Household Management ( 1859–61 ) which in its various editions made ‘ Mrs Beeton ’ a household name in a double sense . |
| 30 | ‘ Of kindness yet , for the sake of auld lang syne , ’ ran absurdly through Pascoe 's mind . |