Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] ' [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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1 | In the end she suggested that I should just come and listen , and for politeness ' sake I agreed . |
2 | For appearances ' sake I maintained the fiction that I was setting up an independent enterprise in the EFL field . |
3 | But in most of Williams ' work I feel the kind of observations being ‘ made ’ … seem to me too casual , however delightfully phrased , to be especially interesting … |
4 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
5 | I was really knocked out by your article on Philip Glass and I think it contained the best description of Glass ' music I have ever read . |
6 | In one creative planting episode on Gardeners ' World I want to savour a taste of Victoriana with some formal bedding . |
7 | As the transfer was not at arms ' length I had to obtain an estimate of the market value of the house and forward this to the Inland Revenue Stamps Office . |