Example sentences of "[indef pn] ['s] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie got up , unsteadily , and leaned against someone 's garden wall for support . |
| 2 | Officials in Pakistan recognise the validity of that argument , but the prospect of a military move on the tribal areas makes everyone 's hair stand on end . |
| 3 | To an English ear unaccustomed to such things , the Cannonading of a Real Battle is Awful beyond description and to have one 's friends walk out of one 's Drawing room into Action … is a sensation beyond description . |
| 4 | It is far more important to be at one 's office desk on time in the morning , to leave late at night , to process the endless paperwork which characterizes such organizations , to attend the endless meetings , and never to complain if they appear to achieve little , than it is actually to achieve the business objective of making more profit . |
| 5 | At £25,000 he wo n't be secreted under everybody 's egg cosy at breakfast on Easter morning , but it is good to know that the best is there if you can afford it . |
| 6 | The Beeb liked the cut of ‘ trad jazz ’ 's jib ; it was safe , it was old , it was uncontaminated by ideology , it was never going to set anyone 's liberty bodice on fire . |