Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " 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 | Neil 's origins made his presence in the East End even stranger — and he had the impertinence to quiz her for her presence , when his own was just as odd . |
| 3 | But Mr Arafat 's critics accuse him of acting like a dictator by forcing his wishes on the Palestinian movement . |
| 4 | The birds on Fardine 's shoulders manoeuvred their way down to the edge of the can where they sat on its rim , greedily pecking at the grains . |
| 5 | The shock of hearing such an expression in the accents of Hollywood gangsterese come from Antony 's lips pulled her up sharply . |
| 6 | Tiguary 's men recognised his value from the chased silver on his powder horn and on the barrel of his gun , and the gleaming gold gimp on his velvet breeches . |
| 7 | The reaction of the CPSU to Gorbachev 's reforms highlighted its weaknesses . |
| 8 | Then Fif 's mandroids pushed their way through , and in the melee I managed to scuttle on hands and knees among all the legs before getting up and getting myself and my aching face away from there . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The facts speak otherwise — first because Mr Lee is no longer exempted from attacks by his own Kuomintang colleagues ; second because the students and the opposition , which won 40% of the vote in December 's legislative and local elections , have forced Taiwan 's rulers to seek their advice in mapping the island 's future . |
| 11 | Dr Jaffery 's nieces begged him to tell us one of his Mullah Nasir-ud-Din stories and eventually he obliged . |
| 12 | Koons 's admirers compare him to Salvador Dali . |
| 13 | PAKISTAN 'S batsmen hit their way out of a recent slump with a blazing performance against Queensland at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday . |
| 14 | ‘ Bragad 's men hold it , and all in it ; his ‘ Wares must have come over the ramparts in the night . ’ |
| 15 | Edward 's parents sent their condolences , attended the ceremony at chapel and graveside , and Mrs Thomas visited the widow . |
| 16 | Turbosoft 's proprietors left their trading premises and home address on 14 February , leaving no indication of where they could be contacted . |
| 17 | Bede 's methods led him to give 680 for a year he would otherwise have thought of as 679 . |
| 18 | I was going to tell you earlier , but somehow Ewen 's misdeeds threw us off track — I 'll be in Cambridge next term . |
| 19 | Several of Arkan 's soldiers jostled us on to the street and having made their fists and revolvers known to us , said : ‘ Arkan is the police here . |
| 20 | Leontief ( 1936 ) was the first of Keynes 's critics to attack what he perceived to be a theory of labour supply grounded in irrational behaviour by workers . |
| 21 | When one of Ken 's friends told her he had just bought a new television set — a 17-inch console — she commented : ‘ Seventeen inches ? |
| 22 | Spenser 's texts increase their expressive power within subsequent literary cultures , finding their own power increases by being reflected in later texts which have channelled these Spenserian texts for their own uses . |
| 23 | Gentlemen did n't clout their womenfolk about , beat them , bruise them , tie them up and whip them … or whatever jolly games Johnny 's preferences led him to pursue . |
| 24 | John Hampden 's admirers claim he was the Winston Churchill of the English Civil War , and played a vital role in the birth of democracy . |
| 25 | Your persistence — nay , your vehemence — on the subject of Tristram 's letters suggested your need of the royalties was greater than you were prepared to admit . |
| 26 | She arched her neck in delight as Travis 's lips left hers and set out in a heated exploration of the sensitive skin of her throat . |
| 27 | Sir Laurie Barratt of Barratt 's Homes set his architects to work at once and , after a few initial hiccups , the message has filtered through . |
| 28 | Penny 's eyes followed it u it darted upward — and then they became riveted . |
| 29 | Wainfleet 's answers took them no nearer the truth about the murderer or the sender of the other knives . |
| 30 | Rincewind 's arms screamed their agony at him . |