Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule of thumb is this when the first cluster of bubbles is fully formed , sweep them away with a bird 's wing feather . |
| 2 | ‘ … so please join me now for a minute 's silence in memory of Dominic Wetherby . |
| 3 | ‘ My pupils accompanied me here for a fortnight 's holiday during which they would acquire the art of fish cookery . ’ |
| 4 | It featured a Carolyn no less real than herself : her double , her living image , separated from her only by a second 's timing in a rainsoaked dash across Leap Lane . |
| 5 | The Australian honey-guide is so fond of hair it will pluck it straight from a horse 's back or even a human 's head . |
| 6 | He sticks one between his teeth but does n't light it — just holds it there like a storeman 's pencil . |
| 7 | I lay it neatly over a Sarson 's Malt Vinegar box . |
| 8 | As well as the names of cities , coin inscriptions can tell us much about a city 's institutions and individuals . |