Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those things do n't sound fearsome — till you see them used on a man 's body . ’ |
| 2 | I stopped at a stationer 's and ordered two reams of Devon Valley Thin , two black ribbons to fit Toby 's portable , and a box of the best carbon papers . |
| 3 | I remember I looked at the pile of Billy 's goods and chattels which were supposed to fit inside a twelve-by-six-foot room and saying : ‘ I came with a Sainsbury 's carrier — and I had trouble filling that . ’ |
| 4 | When Granpa asked me what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday I replied without a moment 's hesitation , ‘ My own barrow , ’ and added that I 'd nearly saved enough to get one . |
| 5 | On the other hand , there was something unbeatably creepy about the time I walked into a man 's bathroom at the very beginning of an affair and saw a bottle of ‘ scruffing lotion ’ by his basin . |
| 6 | When the break in the dull , rainy weather came I decided on a day 's search of the river foreshore . |
| 7 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 8 | To distract myself , I went into a draper 's and bought a pair of knitting needles , a large supply of soft yellow wool and some nice simple patterns . |
| 9 | Following these up , I went into a chemist 's shop , introduced myself to the tall lady assistant and said that I was a friend of her future husband 's brother . |
| 10 | Well I went through a ship 's bridge , broke the wheel up top , I did , cos you , at that time , see how things improve all the time , now jib and all that is , that 's thirty five feet long . |
| 11 | I learned from a friend 's porno mag that men can buy |
| 12 | She lived as a soldier 's wife might . |
| 13 | She was attacked as she played in a children 's playground as she bent down to stroke a dog tied to a post it attacked her . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I do know , ’ she replied after a moment 's hesitation ; ‘ but I love him . ’ |
| 15 | The Kylie and Jason ‘ Are they or are n't they in love ? ’ riddle reached its most bewildering moment in September 1988 when she claimed in a woman 's magazine that … |
| 16 | It was ten minutes before she returned at a snail 's pace with four rum punches . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 18 | And again there was the quiver of amusement , because had Dierdriu ever been discreet when she went to a lover 's bed ? |
| 19 | Well , this feller Colin i , she used to go out with him before she met Steve she used to , she went on a nanny 's course , she went to college to be a nanny |
| 20 | Then , at random almost , she picked up one of the other cuttings , which showed Harriet Shakespeare 's plain , squashed face looking white and distraught and pitiful as she leaned against a friend 's arm . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose I like you , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , ‘ because you lack guile . |
| 22 | " Yes , I thought so , " she said after a moment 's scrutiny . |
| 23 | So , what I mean is … , ’ she said after a moment 's thoughtful silence , ‘ it 's very nice of you , but I do n't need any more bother . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , ’ she said after a moment 's pause , ‘ of course they are doing the same job up to a point and that 's never an easy pattern of work . |
| 25 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |
| 26 | Next Sunday we met in a Deacon 's house . |
| 27 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
| 28 | We went for a week 's holiday at Salisbury . |
| 29 | Well we went to a solicitor 's office , what was it Friday morning ? |
| 30 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |