Possessives

• fortune: As they both stand to share their uncle's fortune, Tony wonders if the bottle's poisoned.

• farm: Ellen labored on her uncle's farm, plowing, sowing and harvesting.

• death: He is trying to find out about his uncle's death at Gibraltar in 1942.

• estate: Lucy 07 Jan 2006 I have recently been dealing with my late uncle's estate.

Possessives

• wife: Although he played totally by ear he had learned a dabbling of theory from his wife's uncle who was a steel guitar player.

• king: Their reign was resisted by some of the king's uncles.

• father: His father, my father's uncle George, had emigrated to Tasmania in 1898, settled well and had a family.

• boy: The boy's uncle, Richard, who had a strong power base in the north, was made Protector.

Converse of object

• lose: I never knew mine, but I have lost an uncle.

• kill: They also killed another uncle killed - Clifford Lundy, as well as two cousins - Trevor Elliot and Alan Johnston.

• love: Beloved husband of the late Bud, much loved brother of Marion and a dearly loved uncle and pappy to the family.

• serve: My uncle served in the Royal Navy on the Arctic convoys and my mother lost a cousin in Normandy.

Adjective modifier

• paternal: Mr Davison reports that his father and two paternal uncles all died of myocardial infarctions in their 40âs.

• maternal: A young maternal uncle, who had grown a beard at an early age, volunteered to take on the task.

• wicked: Even wicked uncle Claudius bore more than a slight resemblance to Alan Rickman crossed with Russell Crowe.

• beloved: This sad monument was erected by a loving Nephew, Thomas Milles, to his most beloved maternal uncle.

• deceased: Evgeny Onegin becomes bored with St. Petersburg society and moves to the estate of his recently deceased uncle, in the country.

• eccentric: Brought up by their eccentric uncle Django, the McCabe sisters had assumed their mid-thirties would be a time of happiness and stability.

Noun used with modifier

• great-great: William Gill - Explorer & Spy Tony's great-great uncle inherited a fortune and spent it on exploration.

• agony: He has also been on the advisory board for The Lovers ' Guide and was a featured agony uncle in it s magazine.