Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A private member 's Bill which would reform the law on Sunday trading is currently being promoted in the Commons by Labour back-bencher Ray Powell . |
| 2 | In the 1970s the Labour government supported a private member 's Bill which took over an item which would have been included in its own programme if there had been sufficient parliamentary time . |
| 3 | Her mouth was wide and generous , a classic Cupid 's bow which no amount of severe , businesslike flattening would tone down . |
| 4 | During a normal night 's sleep we cycle between these two main states , generally getting through about four cycles as the night passes . |
| 5 | After a few moments ' deciphering he rang Gerald Venables ' number . |
| 6 | After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat . |
| 7 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 8 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 9 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
| 10 | After a few days ' dialling he knew it by heart . |
| 11 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 12 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 13 | I 'm lucky , she told her reflection , and in a few days ' time I 'll be far away from this place , and without Piers around I 'll be able to put things back into perspective . |
| 14 | Pete suggested that in a few days ' time he could take her out to the nearest big town on the coast , and there she could look for clothes in the department stores and check out the library for the addresses of any useful organisations or people to contact . |
| 15 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 16 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 17 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 18 | After a few seconds ' thought I realised that she meant their President , that is the former General who was dictator with the continuing consent of their other commanders . |
| 19 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 20 | In a few months ' time she might hardly remember his name . |
| 21 | In a few months ' time I will take my G.C.S.E. ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) . |
| 22 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 23 | The move won Gordon the heavyweight Open title and provided a much-needed lift for a British men 's team who were inevitably overshadowed by the success of the women . |
| 24 | Just an hour later tory hopeful , John Taylor began his campaign with top level backing from Health Minister , William Waldegrave , visiting a old people 's home which has opted out from the local authority . |
| 25 | But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ . |
| 26 | On a clear summer 's day there is no finer sea passage than the one along the eastern edge of the Minch , taking in all the sheer rugged beauty of the western highlands , then into the narrows of Raasay and Khylrea , the Sound of Sleat , on past the magical islands of Skye , Eigg Rhum and finally through the lovely Sound of Mull to the safe harbour of Oban . |
| 27 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
| 28 | Twenty-five years later in West Mercia , as a newly promoted superintendent , I listened at my first conference as my peers discussed a chief constable 's agreement which allowed officers to discard ties in hot weather and wear open-necked shirts . |
| 29 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
| 30 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |