Example sentences of "'s [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His comments brought protests from outraged MPs and women 's groups who want him sacked . |
| 2 | ‘ At that point , ’ says Colonel Gordon Wilkinson MHCIMA , deputy director , Army catering , ‘ they go back to St Omer barracks , Aldershot , home of Army catering since the Army Catering Corps was formed in 1941 , to take the 12-week advanced chef 's course which prepares them for shift manager level in a kitchen . |
| 3 | As she came within a block of Marlin 's building she remembered something she 'd utterly put out of her head for that six-year span . |
| 4 | In de Valois ' The Rake 's Progress she confirms her eighteenth-century origin as an innocent serving wench whom the Rake has dallied with and then discarded . |
| 5 | It was not Temple 's oratory which persuaded him , for he thought it ‘ rather rotund ’ . |
| 6 | Under Edward 's direction she shared his reading : some Shelley , some Byron , Milton , more Wordsworth , Ruskin , Carlyle and always , Jefferies . |
| 7 | It was Massine 's ballets which suited him best , especially Mam'zelle Angot , in which he took several parts at different times ; the sardonic humour he showed as the bootmaker in the market scene still lingers in my memory . |
| 8 | ( c ) We moved " recent critical appraisal " after our analysis of powers of description and humour because these sections give our own critical appraisal ; now , by the time we outline other people 's opinions we have something to compare them with , and can therefore do something more interesting than just repeat them . |
| 9 | He emptied his flagon and after a minute 's hesitation she took it over to the table to refill it . |
| 10 | He held out his hand , and after a moment 's hesitation she put hers into his warm clasp . |
| 11 | The question brought her up short , but after a moment 's hesitation she answered it . |
| 12 | It is also striking how far he took issue with Western critics of Ceauşescu 's Romania who saw it as a police-state pure and simple . |
| 13 | packing Friday on the way to mum Peter 's mum she told them she 's just in so much pain , she wants it doing so he 's gon na get in , I said , it 's poss that she 'll be in six days and probably off a few weeks after when she gets home it 's operation on her neck and shoulder they 're going to release the nerve they reckon it 's it 's a she told them and do what they will with it . |
| 14 | The second feature of George Stephen 's narrative which gave it a markedly ideological cast was its distancing of the movement from the kind of radicalism and militant nonconformity of the 1830s and 1840s many of his readers associated with antislavery . |
| 15 | Now Mill accepts that representative democracy can be as bad as Russo supposes it is , but there are aspects of Mill 's views which make him sound very much like Russo as well . |
| 16 | He was only too pleased to print , and to read , other men 's views which strengthened his own position . |
| 17 | The lovely reddish gold curls were so similar to the colour of James 's hair it took her breath away , yet she could see no other likeness . |
| 18 | Broke your mother 's heart they tell me , she was never the same after . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Also , with Chernobyl still fresh in everyone 's mind I thought it might be a good idea to show that workers in the nuclear industry are just like the rest of us . |
| 20 | It was that big show trial everybody charged with everything the Bologna train station bombing Moro 's murder you remember it … |
| 21 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 22 | I do n't know what the financial arrangements are but he has a double role , he attends the classes but he also does spinal manipulation and massage for those of Brand 's clients who need it or say they do . ’ |
| 23 | In Stevie 's study she shook her head over the desk with its shattered lock . |
| 24 | just about to go in his room erm Will 's study you know he said , you know , bit late to go knocking on the window , this is the boys ' area er er you know , you should n't be here at this time of night , this is the boys ' area . |
| 25 | In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago . |
| 26 | He was explicit : ‘ There appear to be those in the Lord Chancellor 's Department who perceive its role as being far wider than is consistent with any concept of the independence of the judiciary . ’ |
| 27 | Upon arrival , you will receive a visitor 's card which entitles you to breakfast and dinner . |
| 28 | To Joyce 's eyes it seemed she " Always had an abundance of confidence . |
| 29 | To Christina 's thinking it was a mess , but seeing the faraway look in Stephen 's eyes she knew he viewed it differently . |
| 30 | ‘ If something goes wrong with a customer 's car they want it repaired as quickly as possible , ’ said Peugeot Parts and Service Director Charles Greenland . |