Example sentences of "and [prep] a [noun] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an open letter on Sept. 7 to the Uzbek Supreme Soviet , Shakurulla Mirsaidov , who had formerly served as Uzbek Prime Minister and had been Vice-President until November 1991 , announced his resignation as Deputy Chair of the Uzbek Supreme Soviet and as a people 's deputy , because of " the replacement of democracy and openness by an authoritarian regime " ; increased repression of the opposition had been noted in Uzbekistan in preceding months [ see p. 39010 ] . |
| 2 | As a young man he was employed in a draper 's shop and as a chemist 's assistant ; he then emigrated to South Africa , where he worked as an assayer in Johannesburg . |
| 3 | He emptied his flagon and after a minute 's hesitation she took it over to the table to refill it . |
| 4 | Eventually , though , Mike recovered , and after a day 's rest we carried on . |
| 5 | Bunny loves cooking ( she is trained to cordon bleu standard ) and after a lifetime 's experience of entertaining , cooking for her guests presents no problem . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't have to use this warrant , of course , ’ persisted the Brigadier quietly , and after a moment 's pause he added : ‘ We found a dose of heroin over at Scano 's place yesterday . ‘ |
| 7 | He poked his head slightly towards Joe , and after a moment 's hesitation Joe said , ‘ He would really shoot them ? ’ |
| 8 | The beam came to rest on the Ngo brothers , and after a moment 's hesitation Duclos bent down and seized Hoc by the arm . |
| 9 | The parson rode nearer , and after a moment 's hesitation , explained : ‘ It was because I 've discovered something of historical interest . |
| 10 | He held out his hand , and after a moment 's hesitation she put hers into his warm clasp . |
| 11 | He turned away from her and began to walk in the direction of the house , and after a moment 's hesitation she followed . |
| 12 | Mary resisted the temptation to answer her back and after a moment 's silence Mum continued . |
| 13 | He was respectful but unalarmed when the King appeared and after a moment 's silence he chose to laugh at the likeness and the revelation that they were distant cousins ; indeed , so little was Rassendyll impressed that he noted that the King 's mouth lacked ‘ something of the firmness ( or obstinacy ) which was to be gathered from my close-shutting lips ’ . |
| 14 | His blue eyes were steady , unwavering , and after a moment 's silence he said softly , ‘ You do love to push your luck , do n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | The scowl on his face indicated displeasure , and after a moment 's silence she asked , ‘ Is anything the matter ? ’ |
| 16 | 15 — 479 BC — whom there is no special reason to write off as an anachronism by the historian ) and the league was never dissolved in the fifth , despite the disgrace and demoralization caused by Theban medism in the Persian Wars , and despite a decade 's loss of independence to Athens , in Boiotia as a whole , between 457 and 446 . |
| 17 | These examples suggest that while antislavery could not become an explicit test of membership of chapel communities it did in many cases become a norm of memberships and of a minister 's identity . |
| 18 | It was noted in 3.5 that long-term participant observation , as a consequence both of the relationship of trust which is built up and of a person 's inability to remain vigilant for long periods , has the effect of blurring the distinction between covert and overt observation . |
| 19 | Was it perhaps because the work did indeed look like typewriting ( by this time neither a highly paid nor a highly regarded occupation and mostly done by women ) and therefore an effeminate calling and beneath a man 's dignity ? |
| 20 | IAN WRIGHT returned to his old hunting ground last night and with a poacher 's instinct shot Arsenal to within a point of the Premier League leadership . |
| 21 | It was a large , imposing room as the name suggested , its walls hung with tapestries , and with a minstrel 's gallery at one end . |
| 22 | People do act out of character , but not often wholly out of character and everything we knew about Stavanger suggested that he was considerate , responsible , and with a shipmaster 's sense of discipline and orderliness . |
| 23 | The pannier bags normally stay on , but this climb came only one day into the trip and with a fortnight 's food on board I could n't even lift my bike . |
| 24 | Since then he had gained insight into himself , and into a woman 's heart . |
| 25 | And from a school 's point of view , he felt that ‘ if someone will come to your doorstep to demonstrate , why should you ignore this service and travel to their doorstep ? |
| 26 | ‘ From a spectator point of view and from a sponsor 's point of view , Indycar racing has a lot more to offer . ’ |
| 27 | Above : MATS Connie M494TW made its debut at Oshkosh and within a day 's flying had taken to loose formation work with her bigger sister . |
| 28 | But flower seeds in pretty packets are often displayed in shops alongside sweets , and within a child 's reach . |
| 29 | He opened his eyes upon discreet candle-light , upon a small room hung with tapestries and green fir-boughs that smelled of spice and resin and open air ; and upon a girl 's face bent solicitously over him . |
| 30 | In simpler creatures , granules of it are distributed evenly throughout the egg ; in a frog 's egg , it is concentrated at one end ; and in a bird 's egg it initially fills the greater part of the shell . |