Example sentences of "'s [noun] but [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had protested at their taking the Friar 's sack but now she allowed herself to be swept along by them without resistance . |
| 2 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 3 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 4 | The Chairman will make sure that it stays going in that direction and everybody works together rather than against each other so you got a high score there you know and as we saw in the you might not think you 've got those Chairman 's skills but then what you did in the group where you were quite a central part of what was going on perhaps indicates that these can be developed . |
| 5 | In ‘ A Room with a View ’ , Cecil asks not only Lucy 's mother 's permission but also her brother 's . |
| 6 | The coppers used to come around at first every time somebody stole a dame 's purse but finally they gave it up . |
| 7 | She had thought she would hear him calling Rob 's name but instead he hissed , ‘ It 's Mac 's girl . ’ |
| 8 | Inside the case are two sets of possible mountings for the Spectrum 's PCB but only one clears the keyboard so that was easy to solve . |
| 9 | In maintaining captive breeding groups the aim must be to retain , if possible , the inbreeding coefficient of wild groups , and this is hampered not only by the limited captive stock available among the world 's zoos but also our ignorance of the coefficient in the wild . |
| 10 | The " question " violates Grice 's maxim of quantity in that it requests information which the captain neither needs , nor is interested in , and implicates not his concern at Anderson 's threats but rather his awareness of the professor 's empty pomposity . |
| 11 | Condensed it sounded very little for an afternoon 's talking but simultaneously it was a surprising amount from a man who had started the day denying everything . |
| 12 | Research scientist Dr Kumar had intended to quit Middlesbrough Council if reelected after his success in last November 's by-election but now he has decided to stay on . |
| 13 | Not only would it be impossible to identify the goods which were at the buyer 's risk but also it would be impossible to identify any goods which were pro rata at his risk . |
| 14 | Usually the moment of insight came with Chaplin or with a brilliantly stunning film such as Murnau 's Sunrise but perhaps it was the quality of the acting which did more than anything to suggest that the feature film had become significant . |
| 15 | Item — the Prince had claimed he had no involvement in Lady Eleanor 's death but both he and his favourite appeared nervous . |