Example sentences of "[noun] in a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , he managed to obtain temporary work : once checking stock in a publisher 's warehouse — hardly the sort of job for an ex-officer and far below his not inconsiderable intelligence — and on another occasion , because of his clerical and administrative experiences in the War Office , helping to sort out the vast archive of a deceased general . |
| 2 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 3 | The belts went under the hammer in a Sotheby 's auction in Canterbury fetching forty two thousand pounds . |
| 4 | Whether that will still be the case come the annual summer meeting on June 25 if England lose badly against Brazil and then against Germany in Detroit in a week 's time must be debatable . |
| 5 | Like the animals in a taxidermist 's or a museum , with their glass eyes that do n't move . |
| 6 | WALLACE High School defeated RBAI 8–7 in the Sprite Ulster Schools Minor Championship final at BRA to reach the All-Ireland play-offs in a fortnight 's time . |
| 7 | Teesside , who have won the Inter-Union strokeplay championship for the last four years , will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run when they entertain Harrogate Union at Middlesbrough golf club in a fortnight 's time . |
| 8 | Mr Heseltine added : ‘ John Major has made it absolutely clear that , in the present circumstances , the right thing to do will be to put the Conservative programme in a Queen 's Speech . ’ |
| 9 | Before the clinical importance of such variables can be assessed the variability in a patient 's urinary albumin concentration and albumin:creatinine ratio must be known . |
| 10 | I had the sales force who called in and done a demonstration in a person 's home . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 12 | Child-bearing is thus the primary social duty of a woman , and marriage with its corollary , the puberty rite , is the most important life-cycle ceremony in a woman 's life . |
| 13 | Duff will thus be on dual business in the United States in a fortnight 's time . |
| 14 | The anger in his face made his eyes glow , reminding Athelstan of the figure of St John the Baptist in a mummer 's play . |
| 15 | After all , Adam would be back at college in a week 's time , the will would have to be proved , but by the middle of the summer why should n't he and his wife and Bridget use the Hall regularly at weekends ? |
| 16 | When we think and talk about the family we need to think of the household and the significant relationships in a person 's life . |
| 17 | From the first heights heading north , the sails of the Adventure School 's windsurfers may be seen like pictures in a child 's storybook on the glimmering water . |
| 18 | It was like looking at one of those pictures in a children 's book in which there was a glaringly obvious deliberate mistake . |
| 19 | Am I to sling her across my shoulders in a fireman 's lift ? |
| 20 | ‘ You 'll still be King of Ruritania in a year 's time . ’ |
| 21 | It would prevent our living in a fools ' paradise of false prosperity . |
| 22 | From the research which they commissioned into consumer attitudes Mintel concluded there were millions of people in Britain living in a fool 's paradise in the 1990s , continuing to borrow money to the very limit on credit cards , store cards , bank loans and mortgages , yet refusing to accept they were ‘ in debt ’ — mainly because of their ignorance of how money was borrowed and paid back . |
| 23 | Describes the clients in a pawnbroker 's shop in a squalid neighbourhood : a harridan , a drunken brute who abuses his pathetic wife , a genteel mother and daughter just becoming inured to poverty , a prostitute , and a drunken old woman ( ‘ Who shall say how soon these women may change places ? ’ ) . |
| 24 | ‘ We are fortunate to enjoy his services , ’ said Frere , though he immediately regretted the choice of verb : heartening though Horrocks 's manner was , there was small occasion for pleasure in a doctor 's professional attendance . |
| 25 | The same someone who taught me that there is no pleasure in a woman 's coldness . |
| 26 | ‘ I seem to recall you telling me you took no pleasure in a woman 's coldness , ’ she said with more assurance than she felt . |
| 27 | A short figure in a sergeant 's uniform and full battle helmet stepped forward , gun raised . |
| 28 | The argument was settled when a tall figure in a parachutist 's red beret and combat uniform appeared over the top of a dune and walked towards them . |
| 29 | The national selectors indicated before England 's unexpected success in the HDM international tournament at The Hague that they wanted to test other members of their squad before the team is announced for the first official internationals of the season , the Four Nation tournament at Crystal Palace in a month 's time . |
| 30 | The Southern trials will be at Crystal Palace in a week 's time , with the final trials also at Crystal Palace in December . |