Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against my nightdress a child 's foot , burning |
| 2 | In which case a researcher 's task is to translate this rather abstract and vague notion into some operational form . |
| 3 | ‘ It slides from recognising the existence of rape fantasies to inferring from their existence a woman 's conscious consent . |
| 4 | And always the edge of the loch and the lap , lap of its waves a stone 's throw away . |
| 5 | Passed her school exams , played with Georg , helped her mother in the dairy , and never given either of her parents a moment 's worry . |
| 6 | Her voice was soft and low ; her complexion a child 's . |
| 7 | WELL done to the residents of Deadwood , South Dakota , who are fighting Kevin Costner 's £25 million plan to make their town a gambler 's paradise . |
| 8 | The main problem is that the stored sound can be lost when the thin layer of aluminium which coats a CD 's plastic surface is oxidised , losing its ability to reflect laser light . |
| 9 | She had remained her strong English self , and in truth she did put up with a good deal for in her terms a scholar 's life must always have stood for a life of privation , which would explain the furious resolve that clenched the lines in her face . |
| 10 | They received as their prize a year 's free Friends membership and a book chosen from a list of HMSO titles . |
| 11 | Everyone knows the old saying , " If you life a mullah 's beard you 'll find " Made in Britain " stamped on his chin . |
| 12 | Can you copyright a computer 's syntax ? |
| 13 | If they playlist a band 's record , then that band think the playlist is ‘ marvellous ’ . |
| 14 | Over it all he flung the coarse black cloak of a Bulgar shepherd , and placed on his head a Bulgar 's black fur cap with high points , so that his own mother would not have known him ; and he took his weapons and mounted the famous horse Koulash , on whom Peter had fastened a bearskin so that he would not be recognized . |
| 15 | By showing in what circumstances a firm 's value would not be affected , Messrs Modigliani and Miller provided clues for the circumstances in which it might be . |
| 16 | Is your home a burglar 's paradise ? |