Example sentences of "[noun sg] in a [noun] 's [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 2 | For me , intelligence and sexuality go together , and it is usually with the intelligence in a person 's eyes that I first fall in love . |
| 3 | His lordship held that , while a provision in a company 's articles that restricted its statutory power to alter those articles was invalid , an agreement outside the articles between shareholders about how they should exercise their voting rights on a resolution to alter the articles was not necessarily invalid . |
| 4 | ‘ Luck plays a big part in a manager 's fortunes . |
| 5 | She smiled at the decent , hard-working housewives like Sairellen Thackray — too busy to smile back at her — who were scouring their doorsteps with pumice stone and polishing their door-knockers ; waging war to the death — their own , quite likely — against soot from the mill chimneys which attacked their washing lines ; against foul air and foul water which attacked the bodies of their children ; against bad housing , bad weather , a spell of bad trade when a reduction in a husband 's wages could cause their whole , grimly constructed edifice to crumble . |
| 6 | Be aware of the look in a friend 's eyes — what is it telling you about him ? |
| 7 | I know the look in a victim 's eyes and I do n't want to see it again . |
| 8 | As companies that do fall victim to computer crime prefer to deal with the problem internally , personnel security may well turn out to be the most vital component in a firm 's defences . |
| 9 | The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts . |
| 10 | My work experience includes one year as an accounts clerk , and two years as a shop assistant in a women 's clothes shop . |
| 11 | Susan Swales , 38 , of Fenby Avenue , Darlington , denied assaulting Christine Wilson during a scuffle in a nightclub 's lavatories . |
| 12 | How much of the variation in a security 's returns does it actually explain ? |
| 13 | It says erm the law still allows to squirt weedkiller in a baby 's eyes , inject it with poison , grow cancers on its back , burn its skin off , expose it to radiation and eventually kill it , in unreliable experiments . |
| 14 | This exercise heightens the sensitivity in a student 's hands and arms to the point where he can anticipate his opponent 's intentions purely by feel . |