Example sentences of "[noun prp] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My main Scottish informant , Norman Halkett a farmer 's son , born in 1910 in Huntly , Aberdeenshire , sketched in his own background and his early involvement with horses : |
| 2 | Cameron was given a year 's probation and Ralphs a year 's supervision order . |
| 3 | Cameron was given a year 's probation and Ralphs a year 's supervision order . |
| 4 | She thought of the time George Galloway had come to her home while her husband was off work with badly bruised ribs and told them that he was giving William a week 's notice . |
| 5 | This time she insisted on negotiating direct with the manufacturer , but agreed to pay Colin a finder 's fee of 5 per cent if the order came up to scratch . |
| 6 | If the SGIC sells this holding , Bond Corp faces paying out more than A$160m under an indemnity agreement entered into when it and the SGIC bought out Robert Holmes a Court 's Bell Group stake last year . |
| 7 | ABOND Corporation director confirmed in Perth last night that a man helping the Australian Federal Police with inquiries about alleged bugging on Mr Robert Holmes a Court 's phones was a former Bond employee . |
| 8 | The Danakil did not hunt and the Abyssinians , who had wiped out most of the game elsewhere , were afraid to venture into their country , since among the Danakil a man 's standing depended on the number of men he had killed and castrated . |
| 9 | Savour the culinary delights of the Orient , Mexico , Italy and France from the quayside restaurants which make Port Solent a gourmet 's paradise . |
| 10 | In Laos a people 's democratic republic was established in December 1975 following the abdication of King Sayang Vatthana and the formation of a new government led by the Lao People 's Revolutionary Party . |
| 11 | He gave Huy a connoisseur 's wink . |
| 12 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
| 13 | Humberside Heavy Haulage Depot Manager , Frank Fairbrother , proposes to give Peter a week 's notice and a terminal bonus of £250 . |
| 14 | Betty made him a cup of tea and sat among the cut lengths of gleaming copper and strong-toothed tools conducting a little chat , which afforded Lydia a moment 's amusement since Betty was adjusting her conversation to suit a person of low intelligence and the people of the valley were , on the whole , clever , devious and unusually literate . |
| 15 | In the UK and the US a company 's financial performance is judged at quarterly intervals . |
| 16 | In Britain a party 's first-category candidates somehow find themselves adopted for seats they are all but certain to win , second-category candidates for marginals and third-category candidates for seats they have no hope of winning . |
| 17 | But really , he led poor Amy a dog 's life . |
| 18 | In France a Déclaration d'Utilité Publique was promulgated by the Prime Minister on May 6 1987 to authorise the compulsory acquisition of land need to build the Tunnel and associated infrastructure , and on June 15 laws number 87–383 and 87–384 authorised the President to ratify the treaty . |
| 19 | In New York a Dewar 's ; in Tokyo a White Horse ; in Los Angeles a Tanqueray . |
| 20 | Linda Townley , formerly Linda Joyce a lady 's maid to Princess Anne came to the Labour party conference in Blackpool to make a desperate plea on behalf of those unfairly attacked in the press , |
| 21 | Always comes over for the hunting — do n't know why , for she ca n't have ridden a horse for centuries ! — and leads poor Woolacombe a dog 's life . ’ |
| 22 | Heureux qui comme Ulysse a fait un beau voyage … |
| 23 | His criticism of Oesterley 's work makes it clear that for Eliot a ritual 's origins may be as meaningless as is its present form . |
| 24 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |