Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's to [be] " in BNC.

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1 We would expect Mrs Reynolds 's to be present .
2 He gathered rocks , but found a dredge such as the Hudson 's to be a crude sampling tool .
3 ‘ It seems Ebert 's to be appointed General .
4 Did this mean Guy Sterne did n't consider the crisis at Chester 's to be that big a crisis , after all ?
5 ‘ I would n't have expected any relation of Caro 's to be such an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy .
6 We moved the roof to Ron 's to be stored with the rest of the carriage .
7 Eric Cantona 's to be precise .
8 Those who suppose that a millennium is a millennium is a millennium will see that the distinction between Owen 's and O'Brien 's to be one without a practical difference ; and put a question-mark against the doctrine on which it stands .
9 It was the first real ballet of John 's to be seen at Covent Garden , since his dances for operas had so far all been on a small scale , and it was far from being a success .
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