Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too run-down and curiously situated to appeal to most families , it had stood empty for several years before Frankie 's parents made it their home . |
| 2 | It was a guess , though scarcely a wild one , and Cunningham 's reaction confirmed it had hit the mark . |
| 3 | The speed of the Mamba 's ascent shook me . |
| 4 | Almost immediately , Portugal 's government said it would cease defending the escudo , and that it , too , wanted to see its currency devalued . |
| 5 | Both men looked at her , and the expression on Dr Neil 's face struck her to the heart . |
| 6 | Some treated Charles Manson as a hero , and the underground newspaper , the Los Angeles Free Press allowed Manson to write a column for them while he was in jail ; another , called Tuesday 's Child depicted him on a cross . |
| 7 | Wahono , general chair of Golkar ( the ruling Functional Group Centre or Golongan Karya Pusat ) , announced on Oct. 20 that President Suharto had agreed to Golkar 's plan to nominate him for a sixth five-year term as president . |
| 8 | But Mr Arafat 's critics accuse him of acting like a dictator by forcing his wishes on the Palestinian movement . |
| 9 | Orton 's torture left him permanently ill . |
| 10 | The noise was intense with carts trundling across the rutted tracks or wynds as Corbett 's guide described them . |
| 11 | Jets coach Bruce Coslet said : ‘ Dennis 's injury makes you reflect on what 's important and what 's not . ’ |
| 12 | The shock of hearing such an expression in the accents of Hollywood gangsterese come from Antony 's lips pulled her up sharply . |
| 13 | She was going to call out to them , but something in Meredith 's face stopped her , and the next instant he had swept down the stairs with his arm about John Harbour 's shoulders and was gone . |
| 14 | I 'm sort of kneeling there , so I put my hand on Marie 's back to make her feel better , but she rolls away from me . |
| 15 | John Hill 's son says he 's not been given the full facts about what went wrong . |
| 16 | Angie recalls how she moved in with David 's mother to comfort her and how they eventually found Haddon Hall , a large Victorian folly in Beckenham , where ultimately she and David lived along with Tony Visconti and his girlfriend Liz . |
| 17 | Tony Visconti : ‘ I remember when David 's father died he was very solemn , as anybody would be when their father dies , and he took the responsibility of looking after his mother very seriously . |
| 18 | ‘ Now , do n't let poor David 's tragedy wear you down . |
| 19 | Not only did David 's suggestion earn him a Winning Ideas Gold Award and the tidy sum of £1,000 but also a luxury trip to the Imola San Marino Grand Prix . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's Hickie Borman 's job to get you there , ’ John had said , naming her travel agents . |
| 21 | At least Kathleen 's cooking meant she could manage a passable display of unconcerned eating , time to gather her wits a little … |
| 22 | Bernice 's summons halted him in the doorway . |
| 23 | Although they had decided that it was a drill motor , Bernice 's imagination turned it into all sorts of monsters . |
| 24 | Church was too slow and Woolley 's shoulder barged him out of the way . |
| 25 | Lucy 's father said she had a headful of nonsense , her public would disagree |
| 26 | At one point , Lucy 's hand brushed hers , and she managed to ignore it . |
| 27 | And , as they worked , Lucy 's imagination carried her away to the bush , causing her to torture herself with thoughts of Doreen 's fingers sliding down Silas 's arm to clasp his hand . |
| 28 | S. O. Letterman 's office sends me the announcement made at Cannes of the imminent Franco-American production of the moving story of Claude Cohn-Casson , to be called Masai Dreaming . |
| 29 | Pat 's son invited us round for dinner , I never thought so say you know ! |
| 30 | The editor of the Church of England Newspaper remarked that the overzealousness of Ramsey 's friends did him a disservice by making him the representative of an intolerant school of thought and by inflating his reputation beyond what his record would endorse . |