Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would know from Fouché 's response whether he agreed , or whether he was in league with them . |
| 2 | He says it 's part of the staff 's contract that they work different shift from time to time — at times of crisis or if someone is sick we have to ask someone who knows the job to cover . |
| 3 | Scholar also revealed details of Venables 's contract when he joined the club as manager from Barcelona . |
| 4 | New South Wales , on the other hand , ran in six tries to win quite convincingly in the end , although it has to be said in Scotland 's defence that they came close on several occasions to scoring a try and only slipped out of range in the last five minutes when they conceded two tries , both of which were converted . |
| 5 | Remove a fox from its territory and another will soon take its place — so where is fox-hunting 's defence that it controls foxes ? |
| 6 | Ian Rush , who enjoyed Rosenthal 's attacking company after his frustrating lone furrow against Spartak Moscow , summed up the case for the Israeli 's defence when he said : ‘ Sometimes I do n't think Ronny knows what he 's doing so defenders certainly are n't going to know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 're forgetting , ’ she reminded him , ‘ it 's only other people 's money that I enjoy spending . ’ |
| 8 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 9 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
| 10 | Crucial to the conviction was evidence from Pederick , who had , at his own trial , admitted planting the bomb and further claimed at Anderson 's trial that he had done so on the latter 's instructions . |
| 11 | I 'm quite happy to do that take and and put on a six month 's trial if we do n't salaries through |
| 12 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 13 | She could just imagine Kelly 's horror if she knew . |
| 14 | After they had quarrelled , Gina lurked at a bend of the stairs and trod hard on Nigel 's foot as he came up . |
| 15 | It 's a terrible thing to say , but I think the lad may have pulled the iron over Damien 's foot as he let him go . ’ |
| 16 | The girl had been missing for what — a week ? — and off-hand he agreed with the local man 's judgement that she had been here for most of it . |
| 17 | It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty . |
| 18 | I swear it , on my mother 's milk that we shared . |
| 19 | She has this allergy to cow 's milk and what have you . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's people 's support that you want , is n't it ? ’ |
| 21 | Not that the national cause formed the only basis of the Party 's support and it seems that by 1937 or so something like 600 action committees had been formed to organize the workers in Cochinchina , principally in the Saigon — Cholon area . |
| 22 | Even Burt Lancaster became tired of Douglas 's temperament when they teamed up again in 1964 to make Seven Days in May . |
| 23 | A horse 's degree of willingness , cooperation in learning new things , agreeableness in doing what we ask of it , are most important traits in a horse 's temperament if we wish to enjoy riding it ; yet it is an aspect of the horse that is more overlooked than any other when someone is thinking of buying or breeding a horse . |
| 24 | Indeed , the companies have been at pains to demonstrate the technology 's feasibility : the CeBit show saw a demonstration of isoEnet in action on NatSemi 's stand and it has published a White Paper on it . |
| 25 | As a matter of fact , Stanford 's John Hennessey reportedly threatened to revoke the presenter 's PhD if he did n't go on . |
| 26 | Spain was still deeply divided by the war and the choice of its commemorative dates ( such as " Victory Day " , or 18 July ) for the announcement of important political decisions was a tactic frequently used by Franco , reminding people that it was the outcome of the war that had given him the power to alter the country 's course as he thought fit . |
| 27 | Now at that stage my Lord Mr er telephoned Mr on the afternoon of the twenty second of October and it 's his case that he explained what had happened at the meeting of the bank to him and er asked him again , in view of the fact that was having to sell him home , if it was possible to withdraw from the contract and it is the plaintiff 's case that he pointed out to Mr er quite definitely and quite clearly on the telephone , on this day , er that without er the funding that he had required to run this business er he could only see that this was going to be potentially disastrous for him er and once again , my Lord as he said this was a fairly heated conversation and er the plaintiff was told by Mr once again that there was no way out for him and he should now concentrate all his efforts on achieving completion , er and once again we were . |
| 28 | ’ unless such allegations go to a matter in issue ( including the credibility of the witness ) which is material to his lay client 's case and which appear to him to be supported by reasonable grounds . ’ |
| 29 | well it is vanity , their health 's not gon na improve by er , with their breasts enlarged so I do n't see why the National Health should pay for that , if they want that doing they should pay themselves , different in Claire 's case because she 's got one breast extremely small and one large one so she 's got a deformity , that 's different , correcting a deformity 's different , but if you just wan na go from a size thirty two to a thirty six B , then you should pay for it do n't you think ? |
| 30 | But that was not the burden of the case made by the hon. and learned Member for Burton , any more than it was the Home Secretary 's case when he spoke in commendation of the Bill . |