Example sentences of "[indef pn] 's [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And almost every time a group of men sat round together — inside by someone 's fire at night , or when it snowed : outside in the sun , when the sky was clear — they talked about going hunting . |
| 2 | ‘ And if you can put a smile on someone 's face at the same time , that 's great . ’ |
| 3 | Trying to dissuade a father from sending his gay teenager to a psychiatrist ; calming someone who 's just been beaten up in a police cell ; sharing someone 's joy at discovering that there 's another lesbian in the next village , all serve to remove some of the complacency which can so easily set in . |
| 4 | the very , the ones who 've got so much money they could and they 're buying up things as a result of somebody 's misery at a way lower price than it should be bought for |
| 5 | David could you do me a report on that for command because I suspect nobody 's picture at all . |
| 6 | Sometimes it 's nobody 's fault at all . |
| 7 | The England manager accepts his decision as realistic and , even though Robson was never central to his establishment of a new generation , he summed up everyone 's sadness at the old warhorse 's parting , 10 short of the magic 100 caps . |
| 8 | The question of the date of everyone 's arrival at the gates of the heavenly city was , of course , crucial , and the main contribution of Hailey to the formulation of policy was to keep the question open . |
| 9 | She kept a record of everyone 's birthday at the factory and , until the company grew too big , always brought in a cake on the appropriate day . |
| 10 | In a letter to season-ticket holders this week , chairman Bates warned that everyone 's job at Stamford Bridge was on the line . |
| 11 | They were but it 's the recession and no-one 's building at the moment . |
| 12 | It was strange how Hank had a way of withdrawing from one 's company at times , just as if he had forgotten one was there . |
| 13 | Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one 's chest at the dinner table . ’ |
| 14 | Secondly , there is a progressive grading in the size of the material composing the beach from West Bay to Portland : at West Bay the shingle is small , about the size of a pea , and it increases progressively to the south-east until it reaches the size of one 's fist at the Portland end . |
| 15 | It is suggested that merely shaking one 's fist at another should not be treated as amounting to threats of violence . |
| 16 | It is therefore necessary to take stock of one 's position at regular intervals . |
| 17 | A vernacular sign heralds one 's arrival at ‘ Top oth town ’ in Heptonstall , where ‘ Weavers Square ’ stands as witness to the age-old cottage preoccupation of the villagers with hand-loom weaving . |
| 18 | Australian jazz in the 1980s was varied but rigorous ; less concerned with baring one 's soul at all costs than , as one woman saxophonist puts it , ‘ achieving a good standard of playing ’ . |
| 19 | The unique keycard will now control guest access to one 's room , swimming pool , car park , and so on , and at the same time can be used as a credit card during one 's stay at the hotel . |
| 20 | Parking one 's car at night and walking through a dark garage block can be a hazard . |
| 21 | An element of job satisfaction for many may be the absence of coercive pressure from management and the ability to carry out one 's job at one 's own pace , a pace which may be slower than that which management would prefer . |
| 22 | Hey this one 's starting at seven . |
| 23 | Alone in one 's cell at night , one was always conscious of human life on the other side of the stone wall . |
| 24 | Town came back just before half-time with a strike from Dave Mitchell and at 3-2 it was still anybody 's game at half-time . |
| 25 | Now at this st this stage usually the do-gooders who do n't know any better and put and insist that something should go in the mouth and it should n't , you never ever put anything in anybody 's mouth at all . |
| 26 | When Thasos , under siege by Kimon , appealed to her for help , she offered ‘ secretly ’ ( but the offer was evidently everybody 's secret at Athens ) to invade Attica and thereby to relieve Thasos indirectly : Thuc. i. 101 . |
| 27 | This publication aims to help you to make sensible decisions and choices about alcohol so that it gives pleasure without putting anyone 's health at risk . |
| 28 | What they will add up to is anyone 's guess at the moment ; inflation , uncertainty about the pace and impact of climate change , and the political factors which govern priorities make any attempt at assessment a futile exercise . |
| 29 | Just which ‘ caves ’ and why ( it would n't stop the partying which takes place on the embankments ) is anyone 's guess at the time of writing . |