Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would know from Fouché 's response whether he agreed , or whether he was in league with them . |
| 2 | Syria 's response that it ‘ can not control what goes on in the Bekaa ’ and that Turkey ‘ should first try to solve the Kurdish problem within its own borders ’ has served only to confirm Turkish suspicions about Syrian intentions . |
| 3 | Similar to ( age-related ) personal allowance , the married couple 's age-related increases are subject to a couple 's income so it is possible that they might get less than the full addition — or maybe nothing extra at all . |
| 4 | This does not mean that all pensioners live in poverty , but the effect of age discrimination is to depress the whole of this group 's income and it is only those with access to higher incomes through , for example , substantial occupational pensions , who are able to cushion themselves against the economic consequences . |
| 5 | He says it 's part of the staff 's contract that they work different shift from time to time — at times of crisis or if someone is sick we have to ask someone who knows the job to cover . |
| 6 | The tribunal interpreted the implied mobility clause in Mr Bowles 's contract that he could be sent to work anywhere in the UK to mean that he could ‘ ordinarily ’ be sent to work anywhere in the UK . |
| 7 | Scholar also revealed details of Venables 's contract when he joined the club as manager from Barcelona . |
| 8 | New South Wales , on the other hand , ran in six tries to win quite convincingly in the end , although it has to be said in Scotland 's defence that they came close on several occasions to scoring a try and only slipped out of range in the last five minutes when they conceded two tries , both of which were converted . |
| 9 | Remove a fox from its territory and another will soon take its place — so where is fox-hunting 's defence that it controls foxes ? |
| 10 | But while it was still a live issue , it was amusing to see how ready people were to accept Steele 's defence that it was through the machination of such a crusted establishment figure as Avrion Mitchison that Steele had been invited to repeat his work in a scientific environment for the purpose of discrediting it — a defence that compounds bad science together with bad scientific journalism . |
| 11 | Ian Rush , who enjoyed Rosenthal 's attacking company after his frustrating lone furrow against Spartak Moscow , summed up the case for the Israeli 's defence when he said : ‘ Sometimes I do n't think Ronny knows what he 's doing so defenders certainly are n't going to know . ’ |
| 12 | I used to feel that way about Old Mother Walsh 's snake when I was a little kid . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're forgetting , ’ she reminded him , ‘ it 's only other people 's money that I enjoy spending . ’ |
| 14 | I simply want to enjoy Uncle 's money while I 'm young enough ! ’ |
| 15 | Then I got my seventy odd and she got another week 's money and we just put it all together and we split it down the middle said right there 's your half , there 's mine |
| 16 | There was , I was gon na say there was a hell of a fight going on here the morning we come over yours between Christopher and Andrew , and I went in to sort out just in time to hear Christopher say well I 'm having all GrandPat 's money when he 's dead not you . |
| 17 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 18 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
| 19 | Crucial to the conviction was evidence from Pederick , who had , at his own trial , admitted planting the bomb and further claimed at Anderson 's trial that he had done so on the latter 's instructions . |
| 20 | I 'm quite happy to do that take and and put on a six month 's trial if we do n't salaries through |
| 21 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 22 | She could just imagine Kelly 's horror if she knew . |
| 23 | After they had quarrelled , Gina lurked at a bend of the stairs and trod hard on Nigel 's foot as he came up . |
| 24 | It 's a terrible thing to say , but I think the lad may have pulled the iron over Damien 's foot as he let him go . ’ |
| 25 | It is to no-one 's advantage that they should be homogenised . |
| 26 | Er this can work er to everybody 's advantage when you 're talking about medical procedures , when you 're talking about giving people injections a encouraging people to eat their greens and er take cod liver oil and all these things which adults believe are are quite good and useful things . |
| 27 | If , as is the case in most households , only one room can be spared for her , it will be greatly to everyone 's advantage if it is big enough to take her bed , wardrobe and dressing-table , and other necessary items of furniture plus two comfortable armchairs and a television set and radio , so that she can be on her own when she likes , with her favourite programmes ( which may not always be yours ) and able to entertain a friend in the privacy of her own small domain when she wants to , with familiar things around her which help her to preserve her identity and links with the past . |
| 28 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 29 | ‘ May interest those who are concerned with the laboring man and his problems ’ was the critic 's judgement but he also added that ‘ the trite story , the indifferent performances of the unknown players and the lack of new and interesting situations are an almost insurmountable handicap ’ . |
| 30 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |