Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [prep] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheisshaus was now a quadruple amputee , victim of Würstchen 's over-enthusiasm in trying to apply a Band-Aid . |
| 2 | Ainslie Thin said the Booksellers Association 's Books for Giving made a strong impact in Scotland . |
| 3 | But Polly 's pleasure at having scored a valuable point was tempered by fury . |
| 4 | Aitken tried to flout the referee 's authority by refusing to take a throw-in from the right position and paid the price for his misdemeanour as the tie continued on its unpredictable way . |
| 5 | But if they are , Mr Gorbachev 's policy of trying to find a pliant press that people trust will also have failed . |
| 6 | Sparc International is taking a leaf out of 88open 's book by trying to create a class of shrinkwrapped software that will run on all Sparc machines everywhere regardless of architectural distinctions . |
| 7 | Only a zombie would risk a child 's health by refusing to bend a rule . |
| 8 | ‘ But you see , since I spoke to her , we have had another witness 's account of having seen a yellow Datsun in the Goring area . |
| 9 | Her latest pester-the-public project involves hanging outside a shoe repair shop and testing people 's trust by asking to take a copy of their house key . |
| 10 | On the financial side , it is well known that airline pilots are amongst the best paid professions and until the redundancies of the early 1980s changed the picture somewhat remarkably few of their number were prepared to accept a civil servant 's salary after having enjoyed a very good standard of living . |