Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , preserve me from a woman 's corn . |
| 2 | Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month 's leave . |
| 3 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 4 | The speedy ‘ wash-out ’ effect that set in showed clearly how unrealistic it is to expect the developmental course to be changed when just one period is singled out for attention and no effort is made to follow up that experience and integrate it in an individual 's total life pattern . |
| 5 | At a Panel Hearing , the three panel members selected from a pool of serving members , one acting as chairman of the session , consider everything about a child 's life . |
| 6 | Agency staff sometimes question themselves about a discharger 's economic position and his capacity to comply with the parameters and limits which they would ideally like to impose . |
| 7 | All I had to bargain with was my own little bit of skill , which really , when you compare it with a carpenter 's skill , or a plumber 's skill , is intangible . |
| 8 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 9 | The staff dress them in a suspect 's clothes so that they can match up bloodstains or slashes . " |
| 10 | To me that 's really annoying because all you do is destroy your song and you turn it into a guitarist 's track and I 've never really been interested in that . |
| 11 | I mean , I knew what was going to happen when I started the exercise , but if you contemplate it from a teacher 's point of view , if I go out and commit suicide or break down you 'll know why , wo n't you . |
| 12 | I shall be a whore , and leave you with a whore 's kiss . ’ |
| 13 | And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 14 | ‘ And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 15 | If they give advice , they mainly do it after a lifetime 's experience and because they are anxious to help — though I 'll not deny that some parents can be real nasties as far as their children are concerned . |
| 16 | Did they describe your ad very well but ascribe it to a competitor 's product ? |
| 17 | Take him to a dog 's home , shoot him ? |
| 18 | I used to hum a tune and strum it on a child 's dulcimer , painfully seeking out the names of the notes . |
| 19 | ‘ But what will you be saying if you see yourself in a month 's time with a list on you like the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? |