Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preacher 's fiery words pursued them as they passed the house of Crutched Friars and turned left down an alleyway towards the Tower . |
| 2 | It has forged an adventurous contemporary acquisitions policy which it intends to build on , purchasing works early in an artist 's career before prices fall outside the scope of the gallery 's low acquisitions budget which remains frozen despite the Council 's largesse . |
| 3 | Clare 's polite words gave her a moment of hope , which died , however , when she saw his face . |
| 4 | As pressure for land grows , more and more of Sri Lanka 's surviving elephants find themselves cut off in small patches of forest surrounded by agriculture . |
| 5 | In her early childhood , a threepenny piece had seemed like a fortune , whereas Félix Verveine 's rich clients thought nothing of paying 3,000 francs to be dressed by him . |
| 6 | In Chile , in an address to the Congress , Bush stated that the country 's economic policies put it in the " forefront of the free-market movement now taking hold across Latin America " and that this made it a " prime candidate " for debt relief proposed under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative . |
| 7 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 8 | Iran pledge : Iran 's armed forces say they are ready to help Bosnian Muslims in their war with Serb forces opposed to Bosnian independence . |
| 9 | Over The Net 's extensive options enable you to play one or two players against the computer . |
| 10 | The party 's political managers thought it a ruinous ploy in election year . |
| 11 | This is why it is so vital that the EC 's half-hearted plans to deregulate its airlines after 1992 should be strengthened , not diluted . |
| 12 | As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’ |
| 13 | The new arrival 's haughty politeness suppressed their irritation ; his dress and studied self-sufficiency ( he had taken out a devotional book to read while sipping his brandy and water ) teased out their curiosity ; his amiability , when accosted , won their sympathy ; introductions followed at which his card commanded their instant respect and attention . |
| 14 | Eliot 's Hollow Men share their hopelessness with the inhabitants of the City of Dreadful Night . |
| 15 | Leyland DAF 's British receivers said they were disappointed with the deal concluded by the Dutch administrators . |
| 16 | Antoinette 's high heels tapped her away over the wooden floor of the landing , towards the front stairs . |
| 17 | Travis 's brown eyes flashed her way briefly before he bent to his task again . |
| 18 | Vitor 's brown eyes trapped hers . |
| 19 | Det Insp Brian Welfare , of Sussex CID , said that he had met the university 's residential advisers to alert them to the risk to other students . |
| 20 | Although part of the same expedition , Gould 's and Sturt 's different objectives led them to work independently . |
| 21 | Chico Mendes was internationally known for organising Amazon 's rubber tappers to defend their livelihood against the encroachments of landowners and timber merchants . |
| 22 | Hurstdown 's Benedictine origins encourage us to emphasize the language of Catholicism at the expense of that of Orthodoxy . |
| 23 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 24 | The dead man 's teenage daughters say he 's a hero , and they 're not surprised he lost his life saving someone else |
| 25 | Australia 's generous rules allow him to revalue intangible assets like newspaper mastheads , without saying specifically how much each asset is worth . |
| 26 | Isabel 's shaking legs got her as far as the bench before she collapsed . |
| 27 | Along to the bottom left-hand corner ; then up the side , overcompensating for the slight uphill slope until she realized that the suit 's powered legs made her extra effort redundant ; along the top ; down the other side ; back to where she 'd started . |
| 28 | Her thoughts were carefully filtered through her father 's public relations machine which ensured she was never interviewed . |
| 29 | Determined to delve deeper into the matter , the DFG , one of the major channels for state funds for research which distributes DM 900 million ( £200 million ) annually for all subjects , has asked some of Germany 's top researchers to review their own areas and try to pin down some of the problems . |
| 30 | And , along with their male counterparts , they were ready to carry out the purpose of the meeting which , in the words of Douglas Kinnaird of PA Consulting , brought in as one of the UK 's top headhunters to chair it , was ‘ not to provide answers but raise comments , views — even whether or not it is a concern ? — and pick out perhaps one or two opportunities . ’ |