Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 2 | ‘ Cool as a nun 's kiss . |
| 3 | limp as a lobster 's claw , |
| 4 | The soldiers race into a wasps ' nest , driving the occupants out . |
| 5 | The normal price for any given daily supply of fish , which we are now seeking , is the price which will quickly call into the fishing trade capital and labour enough to obtain that supply in a day 's fishing of average good fortune ; the influence which the price of fish will have upon capital and labour available in the fishing trade being governed by rather narrow causes such as these . |
| 6 | Both nationalized industries and local authorities publish a good deal of information on their various and diverse activities ( see chapters 8 and 10 ) In Type A nonprofit organizations the level of revenue raised is often regarded as indicative of the value that recipients place on an organization 's services . |
| 7 | Club promotion reflects the importance of dance clubs and the contribution they make towards a record 's popularity . |
| 8 | In Britain we often listen for a person 's accent . |
| 9 | Seize with an eagle 's talons . |
| 10 | In developing work in the classroom one 's own expectations and experiences often interfere with a child 's progress and it is important to be aware of this and exercise self control . |
| 11 | Environmental uncertainties for a corporation are so numerous as to defy classification , but none the less , there are five important sources of problems which potentially interfere with a corporation 's ability to achieve its goal(s) easily without bending , evading , or breaking legal regulations . |
| 12 | His Pilgrim 's Progress was by far the most popular book in the cottages of the poor , and in Apollyon he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable : scaled , bear-footed , dragon-winged and breathing fire and smoke from a lion 's mouth . |
| 13 | Yeah , she 's gon na have me put in an orphan 's home |
| 14 | If parents do not care and praise and listen to a child 's reading , schoolteachers ca n't easily make them literate . |
| 15 | Melodic characteristics depend on a composer 's idiom , and in turn are chief elements in the formation of that idiom . |
| 16 | Reactions to stress to some extent depend on a child 's age . |
| 17 | Also , certain pleasant and useful skills — cycling or swimming , playing a musical instrument or dribbling a football — depend on a parent 's willingness to provide the equipment or access to the location , and if necessary find a suitable teacher . |
| 18 | ‘ You mean like a soldier 's salute , sir ? ’ |
| 19 | It seemed as if the phone itself was in paroxysm , all squawk and splat like a cabby 's radio . |
| 20 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 21 | His eyes resemble dish-telescopes that seem to look right through his friends , and he sees the psychic energy people emit as an astrophysicist 's radio-telescope ‘ sees ’ sounds bounced off distant galaxies . |
| 22 | So oft we went , leaving Pop at ‘ Prospect Lodge ’ in Simla ( a holiday home for missionaries ) until he was asked to go down to Poona and look after a soldiers ' club . |
| 23 | ‘ Dumb , face like a monkey 's bum … ’ |
| 24 | The train ambled out of the flat New Jersey landscape where the towns had a shapless unrooted look like a child 's motel village that must be cleared away by suppertime . |
| 25 | They 're becoming even easier to pick up once delicensed nowadays , thanks to the invasion of the upstart Metrocabs , which drive like a Panzer , look like an undertaker 's second-best hearse and give the punters a ride which makes them think they 're in a telephone-box on castors . |
| 26 | This is set in the hillside below the actual Dentelles — a line of rock blades which run like a dragon 's spine along the top of the hill above the wine village of Gigondas , near Carpentras . |
| 27 | Let a wee thought just peep in a man 's mind at dawn on the Mull of Oa and it 's all the gossip at the Butt of Lewis by noon . |
| 28 | The assessment was based on Neuman 's model , which examines the stresses that impinge on an individual 's equilibrium . |
| 29 | We accept without a second 's thought that we can open our eyes and observe everything around us , picking out the slightest movement . |
| 30 | It is questionable , however , whether the provisions actually add to a victim 's opportunity for compensation and it has been argued that the procedure differs little from that required for any civil action except that the funds are preserved . |