Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] it " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Apparently , ’ Conolly continues , ‘ Champagne is to be restored to the position of the rich man 's drink it enjoyed before those wretched own-label chappies started making it available to all ! ’ |
2 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
3 | In the 1991 Chairman 's report it made clear the fact that the Buckfastleigh Branch having been leased in 1991 to the South Devon Railway Trust , showed only the fare income for the Paignton branch , hence a fall in turnover from the 1990 season , which included the fare income from the Buckfastleigh branch . |
4 | It is not the poor man 's shelter it pretends to be , but a rich man 's plaything , related to that larger Dairy House which Richardson 's heroine , Clarissa , inherits half a century earlier from her grandfather . |
5 | Though all this may sound complicated , after the first year 's practice it becomes merely routine . |
6 | If hunting had once been in the red bitch 's blood it had long since been bred out and forgotten . |
7 | In the Supreme Court 's opinion it was clear that the tipper ( Secrist ) had not breached his duty since he did not disclose the information with the purpose of gaining some direct or indirect personal benefit . |
8 | In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) . |
9 | To face herself in a mirror without flinching : neat mid-brown hair that grew in orderly waves , a little longer than her father would have liked , almost to her shoulders , but not the shaggy bird 's nest it had been on Mars . |
10 | But pretty soon into the new model 's life it was clear that adverse press reaction was far from Ford 's biggest worry . |
11 | They know that if an item has the Royal Navy 's endorsement it is bound to be of good quality . |
12 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
13 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
14 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
15 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
16 | The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ . |
17 | All the rest depend on this being present , for if a procedure is not appropriate to a particular patient 's condition it can not be judged quality care ( Shaw undated ) . |
18 | And I like to think in fifty or a hundred years ' time it will not be possible for any orchestra to play sloppily and claim that it is not possible to do better . |