Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | It is not only advantageous for us to know which of a horse 's emotions are destructive to us having a good working relationship with it ; but ideally , if we also consider horse will do more for us and give us greater pleasure . |
2 | They kept in touch and then , last March , Jakki took up Jim 's invitation to visit him for a week 's holiday . |
3 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
4 | The matrix therefore represents the cross references between what is seen and the constructs that come to be applied in making sense of the experience and , by recording these , it is able to illuminate something of a person 's way of thinking and responding . |
5 | Tonight 's crowd was a good one ā Rory knew it the second her fingers curled possessively round the microphone , the atmosphere reaching out to enfold her like a lover 's embrace , and she revelled in it , her eyes glowing , her whole body tingling in response . |
6 | It was n't fair to leave him in a fool 's paradise , and for her own peace of mind she wanted to have everything settled . |
7 | They also included the operation of ā stand down , ā by which the airline retained scarce skills by allowing people to work elsewhere on part pay but having the opportunity to recall them at a month 's notice . |
8 | As chance would have it we were going camping with another family whose father was to accompany me for a day 's climbing on Pillar . |
9 | My parish priest had always dreamed of building outstation churches and , with the luxury of two curates , here was his chance to convert one into a builders ' labourer ! |
10 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
11 | Plans to turn it into a members ' club had begun long before 1985 as the Crown alleged , said Mr Cinnamond . |
12 | HMG 's total budget is PĀ£4,000 per year , so maybe you should multiply all my figures by about three to see it from a minister 's perspective : the poor dears are trying to run the country on poverty-line wages . |
13 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
14 | She argues that it often is still in the employers ' interest to recruit someone on a relative 's recommendation , since this gives employers more control over their workforce . |