Example sentences of "for a [noun] 's [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of their preparations for the Olympic Games , the Olympic Racing Squad were due to fly to Florida last month for a fortnight 's training camp . |
| 2 | I looked out of the window and it was the back garden of Dr Jane 's house , and when Mrs Pitt came up to serve me and I complained Dr Jane laughed , and it was really Dr Jane all the time and the whole place was horrible and dark and dirty and when I got outside to follow my friends the ones who were usually in the dream there were n't any people and we were in a sort of studio and the village and the inn it was so obvious now I felt a fool for going in and sitting down and expecting to be served was the crudest sort of cardboard stage set like a model for a child 's history lesson and the colours were horrible and it smelt of a sort of horrible glue and — — |
| 3 | Staff thought he was the stripogram booked for a stewardess 's farewell party . |
| 4 | At the time of that announcement , the Secretary of State also made clear his support for a King 's Cross terminal , which he described as ’ essential not only to meet the need of the travellers within London , but also crucial to serve the requirements of those who live elsewhere in Britain ’ . |
| 5 | Hello-Goodbye featured Crawford as a playboy adventurer , with a penchant for vintage cars , who falls for a baron 's nymphomaniac wife , played by Gilles . |
| 6 | John Plaw 's design in 1800 for a gentleman 's country retreat on the Isle of Wight engagingly illustrates this coexistence : the south-east front ( Fig. 8a ) — to be seen against the harbour , a view that is socialized by boats and buildings — is Grecian in style and covered in stucco ; while the north-west front ( Fig. 8b ) , against a natural background , is ‘ of Monastic character ’ and built in local stone . |
| 7 | And I have a sister-in-law who used to play for a women 's football team so she 's very interested and a as soon as there 's a big game on , on the satellite they all come round and it 's sort of into the kitchen you can make the the half time |
| 8 | Before the Christmas break , we fitted in two more FIS downhills at Altenmarkt , on a course which had been used for a women 's world cup . |
| 9 | The amount of information that is needed for a company 's marketing information system will depend on the extent of its current involvement or potential interest in an overseas market . |
| 10 | Halfway up was a landing lighted by a small Gothic-shaped window with leaded panes — a window fit for a witch 's gingerbread house . |
| 11 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
| 12 | I picture you on a trip up to London , perhaps for a day 's work experience at the offices of some conglomerate . |
| 13 | A president 's support for a legislator 's pet bill may be vital to its passage . |
| 14 | When Alastair McHarg left for a month 's business trip to India last week , he left sevens supremo and club stalwart , Andy Cushing , along with Mike Lovett , in charge of the coaching until his return next month . |
| 15 | The meeting was organised by Susan McHugh , a mother-of-two , who was sickened by the Warrington incident in which three-year-old Johnathan Ball died while shopping for a Mother 's Day present . |
| 16 | The shrine to three-year-old Johnathan Ball who died in the blast as he shopped for a Mother 's Day gift , grew yesterday . |
| 17 | We ask for a plant 's eye view of life and death in a sward and hope ultimately to be able to collect these reductionist observations into statements about the population , the species or even possibly the community . |
| 18 | For a student 's Video Workbook , bilingual : French-English , ( self-study version ) of approximately 48 pages to make other bilingual books |
| 19 | Studs Lonigan dropped through the floor into a bottomless pit , never to re-emerge , even for a moment 's campus debate ; the United Artists film that was supposed to become the moving blueprint of life for the new decade of Sixties youth caused but a ripple in the thoughts of these sensitive young souls and vanished without trace . |
| 20 | For example , he is showing a Bavarian factory bench used for a craftsman 's coffee break and retitled ‘ Laziness ’ . |
| 21 | Alternative methods of protecting the original tenant include : ( 1 ) limiting his contractual liability to the period of his tenure as tenant ; ( 2 ) stipulating for a tenant 's break clause at regular intervals throughout the term ; ( 3 ) limiting the landlord 's right to impose retrospective liability on the original tenant without warning ; ( 4 ) requiring the landlord to exhaust other remedies first ; ( 5 ) reserving a right of re-entry on any assignment ( Shiloh Spinners v Harding [ 1973 ] AC 691 ) . |
| 22 | His CV reads like the script for a journalist 's dream sequence — frustrated writer trains with provincial newspaper before landing a job in the brewing industry and breaking through as an author . |
| 23 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 24 | In Buckland v Palmer [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1109 it was held to be an abuse of the process of the court for a plaintiff 's insurance company to start a second action for insured losses when the plaintiff had accepted a payment into court in his action for uninsured losses . |
| 25 | He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day . |
| 26 | The Cookie Monster 's colleague , Big Bird , was later seen at Mrs Major 's neighbour Mrs Rosemary Lamont for a children 's charity event . |
| 27 | Help Children 's Society : Volunteers are needed for a Children 's Society house to house collection in Catterick Village , near Richmond , in April . |
| 28 | Volunteers are needed for a Children 's Society house to house collection in Catterick Village , near Richmond , in April . |
| 29 | Curious subject matter for a children 's picture book , you might think , and hardly guaranteed to win the approval of the gimlet-eyed children 's book world . |
| 30 | The film , which is based on the story of Peter Pan , will raise money for a children 's hospital ward . |