Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine .
2 You ca n't expect her to get them in on a student 's grant . ’
3 ‘ So as they can whip them off at a moment 's notice ! ’ he hissed .
4 ‘ I should be taking you on at a week 's notice .
5 Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow .
6 The late and sadly missed Roy Kinnear and Kenneth Williams would always help you out at a moment 's notice , and not only that , they 'd come up with a great performance .
7 We do n't just brand the cheapest tubes available , bubble pack them in pairs and hang them up on a dealer 's wall .
8 ‘ Like something out of a kid 's lesson book , is n't he ? ’ chuckled Iris .
9 If I was to give my life to this orchestra then I could not allow that someone throw me out at a moment 's notice .
10 ‘ Sold him on without a vet 's certificate , eh ? ’ the Archdeacon snuffled through his nose .
11 But , but i i i i if you went yes I mean er in a sense that th there are one possibility is to redistribute the land , and do that equally , but if , if there , there was not enough land to bring everybody up to subsistence level er I mean some were , the , the argument is there was n't enough land to bring everybody up to a landlord 's subsistence level .
12 So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship .
13 Bjorn Kristensen is very much in Keegan 's plans but the Newcastle boss does n't want to rush him back after a season 's absence following a knee operation .
14 She hauled him out like a conjuror 's rabbit out of a hat .
15 If there 's any oil or gas , they 'll hit it in about a fortnight 's time at 4,000ft — 5,000ft :
16 and they grassed it over for a children 's pre pre playground , now they want to turn it back , and extend the car park .
17 Opting for a vast lunch in a pub , he ordered the dish of the day — haggis — then topped it off with a ploughman 's lunch and the landlady 's home-made black bun , much to the amazement of the proprietors .
18 Even promising young athletes do n't bring us out on a winter 's day ; we do have little tours of inspection , occasionally . ’
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