Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This company 's activities changed and it ultimately grew too big for a sole practitioner to handle on a part-time basis . |
| 2 | She does not like my mother to go , but my sister 's teeth ached and you know the dentists here . ’ |
| 3 | As the storm receded and the thunder became a distant grumbling , Cullam 's shoulders dropped and he lifted sullen eyes . |
| 4 | Roman 's eyes gleamed and she pulled away , backing nervously until stopped by a bed . |
| 5 | Over her supine body Andrew and Horatia 's eyes met and she took the initiative , knowing she had to get the better of the marquis straight away . |
| 6 | The captain saw the corners of Joseph 's mouth tighten momentarily , then the American boy 's eyes widened and he pointed excitedly over the starboard rail . |
| 7 | Blanche 's eyes widened and she sat forward on the kitchen chair . |
| 8 | Theda 's eyes widened and she seemed to sway . |
| 9 | Lucy 's eyes widened and she pointed a finger at her own chest . |
| 10 | Ruth 's eyes widened and she could n't help but smile . |
| 11 | Sophie 's eyes widened and she sat bolt upright , staring incredulously at the calm figure sitting opposite . |
| 12 | The light of hope that had flickered in Tubby 's eyes died and he shook his head wearily . |
| 13 | Roman 's eyes narrowed and she knew he was as aware of the electricity running between them as she was . |
| 14 | Harry 's eyes narrowed and he swayed from side to side , shooting malevolent glances back and forth between Tristram and Jennifer . |
| 15 | Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough . |
| 16 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 17 | Tsu Ma 's eyes sparkled and his pure white teeth — strong , square , well-formed teeth — flashed a smile . |
| 18 | The small man 's eyes flashed and he looked awfully cross . |
| 19 | But there was further drama when the crane 's brakes failed and it slid into the cab of the lorry . |
| 20 | John 's legs buckle and he falls onto the wet grass . |
| 21 | Gazzer 's legs went and he sat down heavily in the dirt , his nose smashed and his eyes full of tears . |
| 22 | Garty 's legs collapsed and he fell to the ground , a twitching moaning heap . |
| 23 | Perhaps Ted told Jean of the walks the four of us took when Eva got tired of working ; and the time Eva 's feet hurt and she hailed a cab — absolute Roman decadence for Dad , Ted and me . |
| 24 | With a whole generation of players wiped out , Torino 's fortunes slumped and they faded under the shadow of their great local rivals Juventus . |
| 25 | He thrust his free left hand into the back of Harry 's collar , took a fistful of him , cotte and shirt and all , and twisted until the boy 's cheeks purpled and his eyes began to swim . |
| 26 | Zahira 's pains increased and she was screaming uncontrollably . |
| 27 | The girl 's hands trembled and she clenched them . |
| 28 | He seemed to know just where to tap , and how hard , and how long for , and bit by bit the boy 's lungs cleared and he began to breathe more easily . |
| 29 | It is often startling how people 's faces soften and their bodies relax after crying . |
| 30 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |