Example sentences of "to [pron] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speak to me in a year 's time and I 'll tell you . |
| 2 | Carrefour sat on a low wall that stretched out from the side of a building , leaning his back against the building 's wall and tootling to himself on a child 's flute . |
| 3 | Er , perhaps , er , something like that is gon na happen to you in a fortnight 's time , this Christmas . |
| 4 | There on the television monitors was a body lying alone in the middle of the track with his seat still strapped to him like a pilot 's parachute pack . |
| 5 | All the time Wyn lived next to him in a nurses ' home , helping every day on the long haul to some form of recovery . |
| 6 | I was talking to her at a women 's group meeting — we were playing records . |
| 7 | He would rise early to work at his desk and return to it after a day 's engagements , often until well past midnight . |