Example sentences of "[pron] on a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She argues that it often is still in the employers ' interest to recruit someone on a relative 's recommendation , since this gives employers more control over their workforce . |
| 2 | Carrefour sat on a low wall that stretched out from the side of a building , leaning his back against the building 's wall and tootling to himself on a child 's flute . |
| 3 | He 'll find himself on a brain-shrinker 's couch or in the bin if he does n't get a hold of himself . " |
| 4 | We tried one on a child 's jumper , chest size 66cm ( 26″ ) , using the template for children 5–8 , and this worked out very well . |
| 5 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 6 | Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month 's leave . |
| 7 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 8 | Every hour after the operation , a nurse took his temperature and plotted it on a progress ' graph . |
| 9 | I used to hum a tune and strum it on a child 's dulcimer , painfully seeking out the names of the notes . |
| 10 | You could n't really manage it on a subaltern 's pay . |
| 11 | By a stroke of luck , she had spotted it on a colleague 's bookshelf before lunch . |
| 12 | Seeing my interest was now aroused , I was invited to try the unit myself on a day 's diving . |