Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both themes were present in Napoleon 's invasion for he hoped to strike a blow against Britain 's control of India by cutting the short overland route across the isthmus from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea , and also to develop new trading opportunities for France in the eastern Mediterranean . |
| 2 | Beyond the window , sunshine slanted through the trees to fall across Frankie 's face as he enjoyed his morning feast . |
| 3 | We knew Lord Spencer 's father and we like Charles . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 5 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |
| 6 | And I felt worse , as I stumbled away , remembering Gharr 's laughter when I 'd struck him . |
| 7 | Newcomen came up against Savery 's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines . |
| 8 | The projected documentary on the exiled Stuarts was Verrall 's idea and he had commissioned William to do the spade-work . |
| 9 | Jess — her blunt nose coming in contact with Samson 's hand as she coiled round — bit him . |
| 10 | Jimmy Jessop , the glaciation expert , who is a skilled pickpocket , undoes the back buttons of Neil 's braces as they lean over a diagram together , until Neil loses his temper , and chases Jimmy round the office , shouting that he is going to bloody kill him . |
| 11 | He said on the old shillings I want Neil 's bed but it were n't that cos he 's bit of a fun to , you know , you know |
| 12 | ‘ Old ? ’ said Sally-Anne a little indignantly , to Dr Neil 's amusement as he watched the two women . |
| 13 | I , I mean , I at the moment I 'm not doing anything about Neil 's training because we 've got coming and it 's it 's too soon to start stirring up the bud again . |
| 14 | Secord and Hakim told Secord 's lawyer that they thought they were doing ‘ the Lord 's work ’ . |
| 15 | It was with much sadness that we received news from Molly of the sudden death of Peggy Secord 's husband while they were in Italy . |
| 16 | In a cutting reference to Rovers ' multi-millionaire chairman , he scoffed : ‘ Jack Walker might as well buy Walker 's Crisps before he gets Roy Keane . |
| 17 | It looks as though Heseltine secured Walker 's appointment before he left the DoE , in order to have his own man in place . |
| 18 | The negotiations with the gallery were apparently severely threatened , however , by Lord Cholmondeley 's idea that he might withdraw the Holbein from Christie 's and , indeed , from the market for a year . |
| 19 | First he squeezed 60-year-old Jean 's hand as she sat by his bed . |
| 20 | The tragic news was broken to Mr Corbett 's friends when they came down from their rooms the following morning . |
| 21 | The same fact was responsible for Dennis 's insistence that we should take to the water . |
| 22 | Gorbachev 's talk of perestroika was met by Ceauşescu 's insistence that he was ‘ perfecting ’ the functioning of socialism in Romania . |
| 23 | Benn was so impressed with Ceauşescu 's Romania that he found nothing odd in the following suggestion from Bruno Pittermann , the former chairman of Kreisky 's Austrian Socialist Party : ‘ Pittermann said he would like to see parliamentary links with Romania , Poland and Yugoslavia , and to study their election process and procedure . |
| 24 | Of course , they 'd remember Donna 's mother because she was in labour such a long time , and they were all worried about her . |
| 25 | It was a glittering prospect and gave him the courage to brush his hand against Eloise 's breast as he kissed her goodbye . |
| 26 | The boats stop at places which were important in Rembrandt 's life where you can disembark and then continue the tour on a later boat . |
| 27 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |
| 28 | I detest Picasso 's farsightedness when he declared : ‘ On my death , it will be like a shipwreck , and when a large ship is wrecked a lot of people go down with it ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I have such confidence in Edgar 's love that I think I could kill him , and he would n't blame me for it . |
| 30 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |