Example sentences of "they [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 | They lived inside a person 's body and wriggled about until their presence drove him to distraction . |
| 3 | They stopped outside a newsagent 's shop . |
| 4 | It was his second gin , and they poured them so that they tasted like a horse 's kick . |
| 5 | SECURITY chiefs and the SAS last night lashed a new book they described as a bomber 's guide to Buckingham Palace . |
| 6 | No one in Brussels knew that the French had invaded ; instead they prepared for a duchess 's ball while a fat Prussian major paid for his roast chicken , finished his wine , then ambled slowly northwards . |
| 7 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 8 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 9 | The police thought they were on to something when , following an anonymous ‘ phone call , they went to a butcher 's shop . |
| 10 | And they presented him with video equipment they bought for a children 's charity . |
| 11 | George and Myra 's home is in Kilbarchan from where they left for a week 's honeymoon enjoying candle lit cruises and the splendours of Amsterdam . |
| 12 | They halted at a blacksmith 's . |
| 13 | They stayed at a friend 's beach house and enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion . |