Example sentences of "[adv] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to the locking tuners , the EG 's trem performs just as well as that on the top-of-the-range Artist costing around £2,000 more ! |
| 2 | ‘ Wh-where 's that from ? ’ she whispered . |
| 3 | ‘ How long 's your arm , Mummy ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 4 | In April 1986 , The Wedding Present recorded a session for Janice Long 's early evening programme on Radio One . |
| 5 | Jim received a first and thoroughly well-merited Testimonial in November 1980 , cruised past Terry Long 's previous club record of 442 League appearances in April 1985 and proceeded to notch up his 500th League game for us at Birmingham on 18 October 1986 , his 550th League match at Hull City on 19 December 1987 and his 650th overall ( ie : including major Cup ties ) upon the occasion of Oldham Athletic 's visit to Selhurst Park on 5 March 1988 . |
| 6 | Long 's playing in the Concerto possesses feather-light dexterity with sly , wittily contrasted phrasing , which only serves to emphasis the nonchalant brilliance and simplicity of her interpretation . |
| 7 | How long 's this going to go on ? |
| 8 | ‘ How long 's he been in hospital ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ How long 's it going to take ? ’ said Angalo . |
| 10 | Failures included two sculptures by Richard Artschwager from Saatchi 's collection ( lots 21 and 66 ) , Anselm Kiefer 's ‘ Des Malers Atelier ’ ( lot 51 ) , and Richard Long 's beautiful and important ‘ Whitechapel Slate Circle ’ ( lot 60 ) , which had been bought by a British collector for his New Jersey estate at Sotheby 's in May 1989 for $190,000 ( £126,667 ) . |
| 11 | To understand the senator 's point , take the lift to the top of Louisiana 's state capitol , Huey Long 's quixotic replica of the Empire State Building , and look out over the acres of petrochemical plants below . |
| 12 | ‘ How long 's that ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ How long 's my wife been back ? ’ |
| 14 | Such an open-ended commitment to a government that most Unionists regarded with contempt could hardly last for long : Law found it convenient to make use of the Unionist Business Committee , constituted in January 1915 as an official opposition group , and he suggested Walter Long as its chairman , so harnessing Long 's vindictive powers and giving the party some means of influencing the government without breaking the party truce . |
| 15 | ‘ How long 's it been now ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ How long 's she mean to go on ? ’ |
| 17 | An Interior Ministry official quoted in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Jan. 30 claimed that Long 's killing had been ordered by " a powerful faction within the government which is afraid of losing power in the liberalized political situation brought about by UN intervention " . |
| 18 | ‘ How long 's the end ? ’ |
| 19 | It 's tuesday and so Dr Kathleen Long 's here with us for an open surgery . |
| 20 | This contrasts strongly with M.H. Long 's lively entry on " second language acquisition " . |
| 21 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 22 | Well , who give 's a fuck what she 's wearing , long 's get it off at the end of the day . |
| 23 | This month sees the arrival of the much-anticipated Mo Wax label from DJ James Lavelle , with graphics and packaging by ex-FACE and Arena designer Ian Swift , the man behind Talkin Loud 's distinctive imagery . |
| 24 | OMAR , Talkin' Loud 's young soul hopeful , promotes his recent ‘ Music ’ album with dates at |
| 25 | Describing a new screening programme to detect Down 's in the foetus at a London hospital , the British Medical Journal ( 8 October 1988 ) claims that it could ‘ detect 60 per cent of affected pregnancies … and could reduce the number of children born with Down 's syndrome in the United Kingdom from about 900 a year to about 350 a year ’ . |
| 26 | Erm I think writing it down 's probably just as reasonable . |
| 27 | Erm , the break down 's good , customer care , B M S obviously , erm , a few hours spent , and erm , mailshots , an hour spent or so on mailshots . |
| 28 | Count down 's on to D-Day |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm fine , 'ow 's yerself ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ 'Ow 's my little granddaughter doin' ? ’ |