Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] on a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked up at the nurse , surprised by my name on a stranger 's lips . |
| 2 | The roots of such personal antipathies are notoriously difficult to disentangle , but their effect on a school 's professional climate can be deeply damaging . |
| 3 | Despite this increased attention to empowerment , there is unfortunately great disparity in the prevailing definitions , and an equal lack of clarity on how to measure its impact on a population 's health . |
| 4 | A recent High Court decision has considered the liability of auditors who were at fault in failing to qualify their report on a company 's accounts . |
| 5 | Bingham says they 're ones for the future but how can we gauge their potential on a substitutes ' bench . |
| 6 | However , in Fagan the court held the accused to be guilty when he inadvertently parked his car on a policeman 's foot , realised what he had done , and refused to drive off . |
| 7 | Eventually in 1858 he persuaded the Morning Advertiser and other newspapers to take his service on a fortnight 's free trial . |
| 8 | Ironically , David first went out with the woman who was to change his life on a girl 's night in town . |
| 9 | If the Prime Minister is walking in his garden on a summer 's morning you could push up the rickety sash — like this — and call down to him . |
| 10 | is your terminal on a typist 's table or a clerk 's ? |
| 11 | Gabriel 's wings are as silent as those of the barn owl ; he can fly right past the back of your head on a summer 's night and you 'll never know . |