Example sentences of "[pron] of a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biographer says nothing of a king 's other chief relaxation , the evening carouse . |
| 2 | ‘ It reminded me of a friend 's hand . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You have deprived me of a father 's love , ’ she said , peering closely at her toes . |
| 4 | It is not only advantageous for us to know which of a horse 's emotions are destructive to us having a good working relationship with it ; but ideally , if we also consider horse will do more for us and give us greater pleasure . |
| 5 | ‘ Whether a patient 's life is valuable or not is none of a doctor 's business , ’ James Munby QC for the Official Solicitor told them . |
| 6 | The matrix therefore represents the cross references between what is seen and the constructs that come to be applied in making sense of the experience and , by recording these , it is able to illuminate something of a person 's way of thinking and responding . |
| 7 | I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome . |
| 8 | To some extent advertising was something of a gentleman 's game . |
| 9 | Without a real , head-knocking manager of his programme , the administration continues to live in something of a fool 's paradise . |
| 10 | He and his wife were about to undertake a trip to America and Australia , which in the event developed into something of a busman 's holiday as he was persuaded , perhaps not against his will , to address numerous meetings of trade unionists on the West Coast of the United States and elsewhere . |
| 11 | The sheer number of sets required per week made this story something of a Designer 's nightmare for Raymond Cusick . |
| 12 | This is called ‘ snowflake ’ obsidian , and is something of a collector 's item . |
| 13 | My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item . |
| 14 | All this I learn from the official match programme , price sixpence and now something of a collector 's item . |
| 15 | Which , from a man who had fought a hook for a goodly part of his life , was something of a collector 's item . |
| 16 | We need to know something of an animal 's mind . |
| 17 | Daalny was shaking out and combing her long black hair in the women 's rooms , and listening to the chatter of a merchant 's widow from Wem , who had availed herself of a night 's lodging here on her way to Wenlock for her daughter 's lying-in . |
| 18 | Reportedly a total of only 14 aircraft were sold over the two day event , and those that actually sold realised low prices , making it somewhat of a buyer 's market . |