Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those things do n't sound fearsome — till you see them used on a man 's body . ’ |
| 2 | I stopped at a stationer 's and ordered two reams of Devon Valley Thin , two black ribbons to fit Toby 's portable , and a box of the best carbon papers . |
| 3 | I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’ |
| 4 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 5 | On the other hand , there was something unbeatably creepy about the time I walked into a man 's bathroom at the very beginning of an affair and saw a bottle of ‘ scruffing lotion ’ by his basin . |
| 6 | When the break in the dull , rainy weather came I decided on a day 's search of the river foreshore . |
| 7 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 8 | To distract myself , I went into a draper 's and bought a pair of knitting needles , a large supply of soft yellow wool and some nice simple patterns . |
| 9 | Following these up , I went into a chemist 's shop , introduced myself to the tall lady assistant and said that I was a friend of her future husband 's brother . |
| 10 | Well I went through a ship 's bridge , broke the wheel up top , I did , cos you , at that time , see how things improve all the time , now jib and all that is , that 's thirty five feet long . |
| 11 | I learned from a friend 's porno mag that men can buy |
| 12 | for one thing , the group did not choose the name , which came from a reviewer 's description of a painting by Monet . |
| 13 | William Riley Parker 's monumental biography of Milton , which appeared after a lifetime 's research in 1968 , resolutely portrays Milton 's involvement with the politics of the mid-seventeenth century as an unfortunate distraction . |
| 14 | However , what caught my imagination was the great Tor or hill overlooking the abbey which jutted like a giant 's finger up towards the heavens , making the small church on its summit a most suitable meeting-place between God and man . |
| 15 | Bigger employers , like the vast Beardmore 's factory at Parkhead , as well as many of the shipyards , employed people who lived within a mile 's radius , but there was large-scale unemployment , and many now had to travel miles to work . |
| 16 | She lived as a soldier 's wife might . |
| 17 | Which suited okay for Scavvies who grazed on a hive 's garbage , who supped on its polluted excretions — and skragged each other for the chance to do so . |
| 18 | So too had parents who disagreed with a judge 's decision on any matter , however minor , concerning a child 's education or welfare . |
| 19 | Would members and firms who disagreed with a DG 's pronouncements be content to remain silent ? |
| 20 | Maybe it would change her mind about the great Prince Sabatini , maybe she 'd ask her papa to marry her off to someone who believed in a woman 's right to decency and respect . |
| 21 | She was attacked as she played in a children 's playground as she bent down to stroke a dog tied to a post it attacked her . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I do know , ’ she replied after a moment 's hesitation ; ‘ but I love him . ’ |
| 23 | The Kylie and Jason ‘ Are they or are n't they in love ? ’ riddle reached its most bewildering moment in September 1988 when she claimed in a woman 's magazine that … |
| 24 | Gerhard Goebel , the aircraft 's captain , who returned to a hero 's welcome yesterday , declined to criticise security . |
| 25 | Also at the press conference , Gerhard Goebel , the jet 's captain who returned to a hero 's welcome yesterday , declined to criticise security . |
| 26 | It was ten minutes before she returned at a snail 's pace with four rum punches . |
| 27 | Uncle Bill 's best pal was Bernard Leslie , who worked in a barber 's shop at Goldenacre . |
| 28 | BURGLARS who broke into a pensioner 's home probably could n't believe their luck . |
| 29 | A masked man who broke into a woman 's house at Newbiggin , Northumberland , fled empty handed when she threatened him with a walking stick . |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |