Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All those who made it possible for me to realize a lifetime 's ambition . |
| 2 | In 1952 I received a county grant , enabling me to attend a girls ' public school in the Home Counties . |
| 3 | Not one of them has a day 's experience of working in British industry . |
| 4 | and then Leander I make a dyer 's son , about Puddle-wharf … — Bartholomew Fair |
| 5 | I caught a man 's voice behind him , low , authoritative , then the link was cut . |
| 6 | I caught a waiter 's eye and before long the drinks arrived ; they were greeted with anything-but-ragged cheers , in which the comic wholeheartedly joined . |
| 7 | ‘ Now , what I propose is , I propose a week 's adjournment before we fix the date of the hearing , if that suits the defending officer . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The bar is right behind you ; I suggest a planter 's punch . |
| 9 | The second one the second man says I want a year 's , I want ten years ' supply of whisky , right , so they sling it in there . |
| 10 | Coming down here this week , I came a week early actually , I , I used a week 's holiday as well , and er my lady friend says I think we 'll buy a house in Goodwood . |
| 11 | I imagined a morning 's stroll through quiet streets , gazing at patisseries , and then being able to nip up to Paris to visit the Musée d'Orsay or to see a major exhibition . |
| 12 | I was terrified of saying anything that the kidnappers would view as a coded message or as offensive in any way , in case John should suffer for it , but how was I to put a year 's worth of thoughts and feelings into a few lines ? |
| 13 | At this time of year I remember a cuckoo 's |
| 14 | I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them . |
| 15 | Rather exasperated , I began to get out and had one foot still on the running board when I heard a woman 's voice call : |
| 16 | Suddenly I heard a woman 's scream . |
| 17 | I heard a woman 's voice somewhere above me say sharply , ‘ Please do not mention the subject again ! ’ |
| 18 | More specifically , I needed a woman 's voice , and Trippy 's place would have to do . |
| 19 | Looking down the long straight of Avenida del Sol , I saw a rainbow 's end brushing the sign dug into the hillside : ‘ Viva el Peru ’ . |
| 20 | In the moonlight I walked sadly around , until suddenly I saw a woman 's figure in the shadows . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw a woman 's body Iying in the passage behind the personal door from the garage , ’ said Melissa wearily . |
| 22 | ‘ I took a man 's life . |
| 23 | I took a week 's holiday and paid for my air ticket myself . |
| 24 | ‘ While I respect a player 's decision to retire , I 've just seen Holland 's Gullit and Rijkaard both come back from retirement . |
| 25 | I attended a fortnight 's training course at the BBC , which gave me some understanding of the part I would have to play in supervising the work of the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 26 | I think a song 's power is reduced if it is accompanied by a monologue which tells you exactly what is going on . |
| 27 | ‘ I think a wife 's place is by your side , whether it 's in the kitchen or making a programme in some remote corner of the globe , ’ said Keith , who is planning to do Floyd on the Far East next year . |
| 28 | Yes it was on the radio this morning about that erm it is in England somewhere I think a woman 's given birth to a fifteen pound some ounces kid . |
| 29 | I bought a man 's tweed jacket , trousers and suit . |
| 30 | Then I did a day 's course in bouncing choreography but never found time to create a routine . |