Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I to sling her across my shoulders in a fireman 's lift ? |
| 2 | A doctor told my parents of a children 's holiday scheme in Switzerland . |
| 3 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I have ended up with my children in a Women 's Hostel , still black and blue after the battering I got from the drunken unfaithful bully I was stupid enough to marry . |
| 5 | Its head is like a camel 's , its horns like a deer 's , its eyes like a hare 's , its ears like a bull 's , its neck like a snake 's , its belly like a clam 's , its scales like a carp 's , its claws like an eagle 's , and its paws like a tiger 's … |
| 6 | This system is so sophisticated that the owl can locate and memorise the position of a rustle without even moving its head and , as it swoops , it can align its claws along a mouse 's body guided only by sound . |
| 7 | It is hard to believe that it intended to withhold that protection in all cases where a jury might think that the place in question was not necessary or desirable or where the authorities could not by evidence justify their policies to a jury 's satisfaction . |
| 8 | However , it is possible to make some general comments about the ways in which descriptions of a child 's language difficulties can contribute to planning intervention . |
| 9 | LANCASHIRE were facing an uphill battle as underdogs Leicestershire set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work at Grace Road . |
| 10 | The home side set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work . |
| 11 | Like father , like daughter , she guessed — but then had she not herself devoted her days to a father 's needs ? |
| 12 | The national brewers , whose attitude to staff and tenants would bring a blush to the face of the average Victorian mill owner , object to new legislation that would deprive them of the right to evict tenants and their families at a moment 's notice . |
| 13 | Teenagers and older children also need to talk over their feelings about a grandparent 's death , and perhaps examine beliefs about life after death . |
| 14 | You ca n't expect Merrill to alter her arrangements at a moment 's notice . |
| 15 | He gives the example of Johnny Saxon who , three years after winning the world welterweight title , was charged with burglary and eventually institutionalized at New Jersey State Mental Hospital : ‘ Boxing does not leave all its scars on a fighter 's face ’ ( 1973 , p.325 ) . |
| 16 | Its head is like a camel 's , its horns like a deer 's , its eyes like a hare 's , its ears like a bull 's , its neck like a snake 's , its belly like a clam 's , its scales like a carp 's , its claws like an eagle 's , and its paws like a tiger 's … |
| 17 | Thus disputes between brothers and sisters ( who in a formal sense are in the same position in respect of their claims to a parent 's estate ) is one of the situations where serious conflicts do arise . |
| 18 | Its criteria of a subject 's effectiveness , for instance , are generally success at prestigious work , which is commonly associated with masculinity , and success in personal relationships , particularly long-term heterosexual and parental relationships , which is associated with femininity . |
| 19 | The smell would catch its victims as a spider 's web ensnares a fly . |
| 20 | Somebody brings you rumours about a friend 's love affair . |
| 21 | In the fifties at Old Trafford I watched an England forward stick his fingers into a keeper 's eyes . |
| 22 | Stretching out his arm , and spreading his fingers like a snake 's tongue , Ollokot asked : |
| 23 | Fred tucked his toga between his legs like a baby 's nappy and picked his friend up . |
| 24 | Pain was pulled down over his eyes like a fool 's hat . |
| 25 | All that knew McMurdo agreed that he 'd end his days on a hangman 's rope . |
| 26 | Although he sailed over with King George , as some twenty-five years previously he had accompanied the Prince of Orange on his voyage to claim the crown , he received only an annuity of £400 from the new monarch , was soon deep in debt again , and ended his days in a debtor 's prison . |
| 27 | And wear his colours like a tumbler 's hoop ! |
| 28 | He 'd sought her out in her sanctuary , confirmed her belief with the tender , arousing touch of the perfect lover , and she 'd learned enough from him to return his caresses with a woman 's intimate knowledge of how to pleasure the body of the man she loved . |
| 29 | Their move follows a judge 's protest this week that he could not imprison a 13-year-old torturer who carved his initials on a boy 's back . |
| 30 | He could hear her hairdryer , almost as hard on his nerves as a dentist 's drill ; it had ruined three attempts to get the message down already , but he did n't want to ask her to lay off for a while in case the uneasy peace was threatened yet again . |