Example sentences of "[pron] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When academics delve into someone 's life it is called Biography ; when therapists posit theories on human behaviour it is called Psychology ; when sociologists ruminate on society it is called Sociology . |
| 2 | I was gon na further say that erm , you know , beside lack of information itself , information of repression , information into someone 's life I mean , repression necessarily I mean the , the thing that someone does in their lifetime might necessarily strange and distracted , and the purpose of the thing |
| 3 | Even if it were possible to identify a certain causal agent inside someone 's head we certainly can not take off the top of the skull and mend it ! |
| 4 | To define standards around someone 's job you can : ask job holders to write essays describing their work and its purpose ; create detailed job descriptions ; use rating scales ; identify critical incidents such as good or bad behaviour ; and compare declared aims and results . |
| 5 | I dined four times at various places and went to a drunk party at Worcester in someone 's rooms I did not know . |
| 6 | When you go and fall into somebody 's arms I wo n't be around to hold it |
| 7 | If you get a a pension based on the fact that you 're your late husband 's widow when you are no longer your late husband 's widow , but somebody 's wife they do n't have to pay you that pension . |
| 8 | Like opening a lock of a door of somebody 's house they ca n't get in ? |
| 9 | somebody 's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason |
| 10 | " Its 's time you learned a lesson , my friend , " he muttered under his breath . |
| 11 | I am one man 's meat I am nobody 's fool I refuse to make fish of the |
| 12 | Just to show I 'm nobody 's fool I contacted a veterinary surgeon and asked him to examine the dog ( who was a year old ) to make sure it was n't sickly , had a leg on each corner , would n't keep toppling over , and had a head fixed on the right end . |
| 13 | I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC . |
| 14 | To everyone 's surprise they now find this somewhat unusual repertoire much in demand , to such an extent indeed that it could be described as ‘ cult ’ . |
| 15 | A pack of Smarties is then opened and poured out when to everyone 's surprise they are all yellow as ‘ all the rest have been eaten . ’ |
| 16 | Then to everyone 's surprise they saw on the side of the track a little old man perhaps in his seventies , wearing an old-fashioned waistcoat and jacket , standing in a brick arch-shaped embrasure looking anxiously at the train . |
| 17 | And much to everyone 's surprise he won it . |
| 18 | Our Development Steering Group met in April and because we were by then well into our financial year it was decided that with an all out effort on everyone 's part we should be able to raise the £8000 for 1988 . |
| 19 | To everyone 's relief he had given up driving in his eighties . |
| 20 | So we re we revamped Neighbourhood Watch , and what we did was er is er instead of going to everyone 's house we have this meeting at the beginning just to discuss crime prevention and er tell people what Neighbourhood Watch is about . |
| 21 | ‘ It is important for the saving of the pool to be at the forefront of everyone 's minds it should be treated as a number one priority . ’ |
| 22 | WITH thoughts of the summer and holidays in everyone 's mind it is perhaps appropriate to dwell a little longer on the steam opportunities in that popular holiday area , Norfolk . |
| 23 | ‘ Also , with Chernobyl still fresh in everyone 's mind I thought it might be a good idea to show that workers in the nuclear industry are just like the rest of us . |
| 24 | ‘ No one 's askin' you , Perry , ’ says Crilly in a jocular tone , ‘ and where 's your fockin' keys ? ’ |
| 25 | Many people would say that even the possibility of a link would justify action , but the ITC already has detailed restrictions and before jerking one 's knee it 's necessary to know the nature of the material that may be subject to cuts . |
| 26 | Nor any member of one 's staff they will not intrude upon . |
| 27 | Inasmuch as they are motivated by one 's consent they become , in a small undramatic way , an expression of one 's attitude to one 's society . |
| 28 | Saps one 's strength you could say . |
| 29 | Well in anybody 's terms it 's a major operation , the biggest in this country consistently each year . |
| 30 | And it 's to do with everybody 's lives you know it an and I think out of it is c er people are realizing that they can . |