Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [noun] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the opposition accused Mr Rifkind of rushing today 's defence debate because everything hinged on the public spending settlement to be announced next month . |
| 2 | Stopping a man 's afternoon wages after he lost a leg . |
| 3 | When investigating an alleged miscarriage of justice , I have always made it a rule first to talk to the convicted man 's trial solicitor as he is likely to be the last man his client would wish to con , or would succeed in conning ii he tried . |
| 4 | Each remembered all too clearly Okawi 's parting words before they had pushed each canoe clear of the beach : |
| 5 | Adults with cystic fibrosis become known to ACFA by transfer from the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust 's mailing list when they reach the age of 18 , or by direct referral . |
| 6 | It said 56 per cent of those asked believed the president had misled the public during last year 's election campaign when he said he would not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for his programmes . |
| 7 | The transfer of Baker , who in 1988 had resigned as Treasury Secretary in order to take over Bush 's election campaign when it was trailing badly in the polls , had been widely anticipated in the month prior to the announcement . |
| 8 | ‘ There is apparently some great defect in our system , ’ concluded Khrushchev from his pensioner 's park bench as he compared what he saw of the capitalist West with the shoddy goods , poor food and massive waste of the supposed workers ' paradise . |
| 9 | Not for nothing did Sue Ellen 's hair flop when she became an alcoholic . |
| 10 | He was not exactly the Australian Rugby Football Union 's pin-up boy when his Italian club Milan initially refused him permission to participate in the parade . |
| 11 | Most important , the party knows it must improve the country 's living standards if it is to stay in power . |
| 12 | He had assisted in lifting her from the floor of Willi Zimmermann 's living room when she was blindly unconscious . |
| 13 | Mr Hill , a joint master of the Aylesbury Vale Hunt , had held the reins of his wife 's horse Max after it had landed on a five barred gate during a hunt . |
| 14 | All right four double one two double two to call Radio Nottingham 's Action Line if you want to know any more about Fast Forward and the courses available there and how you can get on them or if you want to know about A T O Training as well four double one two double two and try and call Action Line before four o'clock this afternoon if you can . |
| 15 | ‘ The boss has refused to appear on television 's Football Focus because they are angling it as Dalglish v Keegan and , in reality , it 's all about the 22 players , ’ said Keegan 's assistant Terry McDermott . |
| 16 | And I have a sister-in-law who used to play for a women 's football team so she 's very interested and a as soon as there 's a big game on , on the satellite they all come round and it 's sort of into the kitchen you can make the the half time |
| 17 | This prepares the horse 's neck muscles so its response to the needle is decreased ; and it relaxes the vet 's hand and arm muscles so that he or she makes a better job of it ! |
| 18 | JOANNE Jenkins from Raloo near Larne collected the top trophy at Ballyclare 's Speech/Drama Festival when she was awarded the Audrey Robinson Rose Bowl after giving the most pleasing performance during the week-long event which ended yesterday afternoon . |
| 19 | First , the flowers themselves should be suitable for pressing — there is no point in offering to press someone 's wedding flowers when their bouquet consists of , say , chrysanthemums , pale carnations , large daisies or gerberas , since none of these flowers press successfully at all . |
| 20 | ( I thought I had got out of this by saying it was a firm 's car park so it would be the same four drivers . ) |
| 21 | Tyrone Evans had been brought into the court 's car park when he overpowered his guard and got away in a blue Renault . |
| 22 | He wanted to watch his wife 's mouth move because it was a mouth he 'd come to appreciate more and more . |
| 23 | Many a time had Preston 's youthful slumbers been disturbed by the sound of the deluge from Nan 's bedroom window as it hit the corrugated iron roof of their garden shed and the wild feline howls as their coitus was so balefully interrupted . |
| 24 | THE average Teesside businessman 's concentration span when it comes to matters economic was sorely tested last week at accounts KPMG Peat Marwick 's Budget seminar last week . |
| 25 | That was more a reflection on Dead Certain 's ring rustiness than her stamina and Asmussen said : ‘ She 's a very good filly and I 'm sure she 'll stay the Guineas mile because she 's got such a lovely relaxed temperament . ’ |
| 26 | Erythroniums are commonly known as dog 's tooth violets because their bulbs are curiously shaped and pointed , rather like canine teeth . |
| 27 | COMPUTER expert Paddy Spooner has been banned from a country club 's quiz nights because he is too clever . |
| 28 | This new prodigy , already 36th on the provisional list after only three ranking events , started playing in his mother 's snooker club when he was nine ; at 13 he made his first century and at 16 his first 147 . |
| 29 | So , for budding Howard soundalikes everywhere , here 's Rowland 's gear rundown for I 'm Never Gon na Die Again … |
| 30 | Nowhere are they more telling than in Ashton 's Enigma Variations where they explain the sympathy felt by Jaeger ( the critic ) for Elgar and his Wife or in A Month in the Country where Ashton communicates the growing feelings of love and frustration of the participants . |