Example sentences of "[pron] of a [noun] [unc] " 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 | To try somebody of a trainer er . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I finished my list of demands and took it to the Branch Office , where I received something of a hero 's welcome . |
| 9 | To some extent advertising was something of a gentleman 's game . |
| 10 | Without a real , head-knocking manager of his programme , the administration continues to live in something of a fool 's paradise . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Now of course from the special school point of view they will say well many efforts are made to attempt to bring community life into the school and to have children erm or give them experiences in the community , so that you provide both a sheltered environment and also the opportunity to learn in the wider community , and this debate is something of a dilemma erm I do n't know that any body can give a definite answer to it . |
| 13 | The sheer number of sets required per week made this story something of a Designer 's nightmare for Raymond Cusick . |
| 14 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 15 | This is called ‘ snowflake ’ obsidian , and is something of a collector 's item . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | All this I learn from the official match programme , price sixpence and now something of a collector 's item . |
| 18 | Which , from a man who had fought a hook for a goodly part of his life , was something of a collector 's item . |
| 19 | This has become something of a cause célèbre in rock press folklore , but in truth the NME had been in worse scrapes before and no doubt has many more ahead . |
| 20 | The Act was destined to become something of a cause célèbre among successive generations of floggers who would fondly remember ( although without a shred of evidence to support their claim ) how flogging had put down the garotters and could be relied upon to stop Hooligans or Teddy Boys . |
| 21 | Schlunk , something of a cause célèbre . |
| 22 | The " moderately strenuous " walk , I remember , was about 15 miles , usually " ovver t'top " ; the " moderate " walk , something of a defaulters ' parade composed mainly of malingerers and amateurs like myself was a mere 10 miles . |
| 23 | We need to know something of an animal 's mind . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And yeah another one connected to this whole lifestyle , aspirational argument the image the brochures give us of a couple si sitting on a terrace with , you know , you can almost hear the music in the background , the sun setting over the sea . |