Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know you know Sonia' been kicked out of her house and she 's in a children 's home somewhere or something . |
| 2 | but one that 's gon na top all that without any shadow of a doubt , he must be the youngest pensioner this side of the Mississippi and that 's Alan , retired executive officer who 's on a busman 's holiday this week Roger union solicitor Bill retired N I O , hopefully wo n't be having any accidents this week retired education and training manager . |
| 3 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 4 | Yeah and there 's er as you go over the top there 's like a postman 's passage and you go past where you turn into it there 's in the corner there . |
| 5 | of the ward on the right erm , and er , it 's like a mens ' ward . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's like a winter 's afternoon , not a summer 's one , ’ commented Maggie , switching on her lights Charlie nodded . |
| 7 | Aye yeah that 's that that that I mean I 've went to that doctor and and it 's like a doctor 's surgery surely is should be sacrament yo you should n't , know what I mean ? |
| 8 | Adoption workers need to accommodate in their thinking and practice more than one concept simultaneously , that is , the achievement of ‘ open ’ adoption or adoption with contact where it is in a child 's interests but within a framework of legal security . |
| 9 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
| 10 | He 's on a month 's contract from Bournemouth . |
| 11 | Meredith cast her mind back over her last conversation with Harriet , ‘ One ca n't know what 's in a person 's mind . ’ |
| 12 | Popular culture gives us plenty of female verbal incontinence ( cf the Andy Capp joke : ‘ when two wives get together , who has the last word ? ’ ) and illogical women who ca n't keep to the point ( as a character in the soap opera Coronation Street comments , ‘ you might as well try to knit fog as follow what 's in a woman 's mind ’ ) . |
| 13 | The test of what is in a child 's best interests refers to general societal values , rather than the views of the particular parent or legal guardian . |