Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's a vicar 's daughter but it 's alright , he 's praying for me . ’ |
| 2 | It 's a vicar 's house , and thousands and thousands of pounds were spent and one wonders , you know , really whether this was the right moment , you know , the piquant moment to be doing this when we have in our streets men and women who erm are in desperate need . |
| 3 | But I mean that 's a child 's expression and that 's |
| 4 | . Come on , up , up , I do n't know if you had a visit or not , up darling , good lad , mind your tail oh thank you , I got the wrong bag , I think there 's a policeman 's helmet under the seat |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a gambler 's remedy , ’ Singer said , ‘ the equivalent of hair of the dog . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Angel Clare — he 's the one who 's learning milking — he 's a parson 's son and thinks a lot and does n't notice girls . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a friend 's house , really , ’ said Sam , rather wishing to tell him that her own house was even nicer . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a lady 's privilege to change her mind . ’ |
| 9 | Thank you that 's a lady 's offer at five fifty and that 's six eleven , thank you . |
| 10 | Sammy 's a boy 's name . |
| 11 | Yeah it 's a boy 's . |
| 12 | It 's a chairman 's very pleasant duty to thank you all . |
| 13 | IT 'S A gardener 's WORLD |
| 14 | Sue Lloyd Jones is ideally qualified to teach farm-based tourism — she 's a farmer 's wife and a business studies lecturer . |
| 15 | Once a week instead of dinner there 's a farmer 's buffet . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's a repair-dog 's bad dream come true ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a girl 's thing , riding , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ But it 's a girl 's part , ’ said George . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh ! that 's a girl 's job ’ , ‘ only women do the typing ’ , or ‘ get a man in to fix that machine ’ , are all examples of language which stereotypes . |
| 20 | By Josh , but Josh that 's a girl 's name . |
| 21 | It 's a baker 's day . |
| 22 | erm I think and what I 'll try and do , I 'll try and bring erm , I 've got two on the Thursday and I 'll try and bring them forward to the Monday , cos Monday 's a baker 's day is n't it ? |
| 23 | It 's a Fool 's Paradise to think that a ruck will be won , the ball moved down one channel , another ruck won , over to another channel and then finally over the try-line . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't want to bother with none of that there marry jewarna m'dear , that 's a king 's ransom you 'm paying . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a chauffeur 's car really : smooth , quite luxurious , hang your Armani jacket in the back . |
| 26 | There 's a writer 's fame — one quiet guy at your reading with a plastic bag of first editions for you to sign . |
| 27 | She 's a Neighbour 's Child : |
| 28 | trouble is I 'll ring you every night say there 's a , there 's a day 's work |
| 29 | There 's a man 's body there . |
| 30 | Apart from the ‘ George And James ’ and ‘ Stars And Hank Forever ’ album , Goldmine claims that the project got no further than the ‘ It 's A Man 's Man 's Man 's World ’ video and 45 , adding : ‘ It 's not quite clear whether or not The Residents ever got to work on Volume Three — which would have featured the compositions of Bob Dylan and Sun Ra — but leftovers from the earlier volumes occasionally crop up as rare treats , such as ‘ I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ’ on the ‘ Potatoes ’ folk song composition . ’ |