Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I spoke to the Conservative association in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency I heard only a litany of problems caused by the Labour-controlled council , which has done absolutely nothing to promote the area . |
| 2 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 3 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 4 | The first freshers ' dinner I went to in Oxford — this is where the the people who 've just come up erm are introduced to college life and so on — erm the amount that 's allocated to each student is two sherries before dinner , three or four glasses of wine , different wines , with dinner and then something or other — port — after dinner . |
| 5 | And they both have the one man 's name I really ca n't stand . |
| 6 | By the time I 've finished with this room and had the forensic lab 's report I 'll be able to tell you a lot more than his mother ever knew about him . |
| 7 | Diving below the dusky water 's surface I see twenty chairs or so strewn about on the pool floor . |
| 8 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 9 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 10 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 11 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
| 12 | In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
| 14 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
| 15 | In a hundred years ' time , I said to him , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg , putting the pad aside , began to type again ) , in a hundred years ' time I said to him , ( he typed ) no one will remember either you or me . |
| 16 | Cos if you 're thinking the way they carry the baby it 's an old woman 's tale I think , I never used to think |